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RBR50 Worked Flawlessy since Purchase in 2018 - Now experiencing Wifi Disconnects from my devices
Hello All, I have have had a flawless WiFi setup with the RBR50 and one RBS50 satellite at my home from the initial setup back in 2018. Over the past few weeks, I have been experiencing intermit...
Yes. Something to turn OFF and see if the Orbi system works with out it.
Ultramarine440 wrote:
OK, I decided to rename my WiFi network and temporarily try another router. I set up the new router with a new WiFi network name. What surprised me is that I still saw a network showing up in my WifI Analyzer program with the old network name. I forgot that I had a TP-LINK RE200 range extender plugged into an outlet in my basement. I was using it as a wireless ethernet adapter while I was working on an extremely old computer in the basement. Well, that basically replicates your network, and I'm wondering if it was causing problems with the wireless mesh. Regardless, I am going to keep the current setup in place for a few days and see how things go. Could that TP-LINK range extender have caused issues with my Wireless Mesh? It was broadcasting my old network SSID on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.
OK, I decided to rename my WiFi network and temporarily try another router. I set up the new router with a new WiFi network name. What surprised me is that I still saw a network showing up in my WifI Analyzer program with the old network name. I forgot that I had a TP-LINK RE200 range extender plugged into an outlet in my basement. I was using it as a wireless ethernet adapter while I was working on an extremely old computer in the basement. Well, that basically replicates your network, and I'm wondering if it was causing problems with the wireless mesh. Regardless, I am going to keep the current setup in place for a few days and see how things go. Could that TP-LINK range extender have caused issues with my Wireless Mesh? It was broadcasting my old network SSID on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.
Yes. Something to turn OFF and see if the Orbi system works with out it.
Ultramarine440 wrote:
OK, I decided to rename my WiFi network and temporarily try another router. I set up the new router with a new WiFi network name. What surprised me is that I still saw a network showing up in my WifI Analyzer program with the old network name. I forgot that I had a TP-LINK RE200 range extender plugged into an outlet in my basement. I was using it as a wireless ethernet adapter while I was working on an extremely old computer in the basement. Well, that basically replicates your network, and I'm wondering if it was causing problems with the wireless mesh. Regardless, I am going to keep the current setup in place for a few days and see how things go. Could that TP-LINK range extender have caused issues with my Wireless Mesh? It was broadcasting my old network SSID on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.
Thanks for all the help and the suggestions. I have had zero connection issues since taking the TP-LINK range extender out of the equation. That was something that was making me scratch my head while I was checking the "connected devices" screeen in the Orbi admin screen as well as the WiFi Analzer app: I was see devices connected to a router that was displaying my WiFi SSID, but the MAC address of that device did not match up with the MAC address of my ORBI base router or satellite. The laptop that I was using for testing in the same room as the Orb RBR50 was actually choosing to connect to the TP-Link range extender in the basement instead of the Orbi that was 4 feet away! So, in summary, I created the problem with that TP-LINK device. Thanks again, this one is definitely solved.