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RBS50 Additional Satellite
I curently have an ORBI mesh system set up in my home. I have the RBR50 router with 2 RBS50 satellites. Router is located in the basement and the two satellites are on the main floor. I Hard wired...
Yes.
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
Thanks for the response. So in other words, as soon as i turn on the third RBS50 satellite, it should sink with the ORBI RBR50 router, correct? Then three satellites will show up on my ORBI app, correct?
Theoretically yes the RBS should, however, technically, since NG design that requires the RBR and RBS to be on the same FW version for each other, if a new RBS is introduces, this one RBS may be using older versions of FW. Thus needs to be updated first to same version as whats currectly being used on your RBR/RBS. Then it should connect well.
IF this is the case, try the following:
What you need to do is factory reset the RBS. Wire connect a PC to the 1st satellite. Already have the most current FW version files downloaded on to this PC.
Wire connect 1 PC to the back of the RBS. Factory reset the RBS, wait about 5 minutes. The PC will get a IP address from the satellite. The RBS will be 192.168.1.250. Use this IP address in a web browser to log in to the satellites web page. Log in as admin and password. Use the satellites web page FW update feature to select the FW update file that was unpacked from the .zip file. Then factory reset and then re-sync the satellites to the RBR.
Okay. Hopefully it works without all the stuff you mentioned. Thanks for the advice.
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