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RBS50 brings down network when plugged into Gigabit switch
My Orbi network was working fine until two weeks ago then it inexplicably started going haywire.
I'm running V2.1.4.16 and using an ethernet backhaul between the RBR50 and the RBS50 via a Trend...
I started having a similar situation two days ago.
My satellite is connected via ethernet, but when it was plugged in and running my clients wouldn't connect and report the network was down. Unplugging the satellite left the main router up and clients would reconnect.
I generated a new security code on the main router (not sure if its even really used when connecting via ethernet/switch) and then resynced the satellite. 14 hours in and the network has stayed up so far. . . .
Whats the mfr and model# of the ethernet switch?
Pacspud wrote:
I started having a similar situation two days ago.
My satellite is connected via ethernet, but when it was plugged in and running my clients wouldn't connect and report the network was down. Unplugging the satellite left the main router up and clients would reconnect.
I generated a new security code on the main router (not sure if its even really used when connecting via ethernet/switch) and then resynced the satellite. 14 hours in and the network has stayed up so far. . . .
In case you were asking me for that info - it's a Trendnet TEG-S16Dg
I like to say corelation is not causation but in the last two weeks I did the following:
1. updated the iOS client - if I recall, this forced the mesh system to restart and I remember having to check if it had brought a firmware update along with the client update (it didn't). The issues may have started from there
2. I configured a Dynamic DNS entry on the RBR50.
I haven't yet reset the whole thing to start from scratch but I'm now wondering if I should
