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RBS50 not connecting, needs firmware update, help please!
Already own a RBR50 with 1 RBS50 satellite. Purchased used RBS50's to add to system. One was recognized but not connecting to system. I am unable to udate the firmware or properly connect. Suggesi...
I am adding a 3rd satellite to my RBK53 system and I am having a host of issues getting this to work.
1. The Orbi app tells me I have 3 sats working after i install the new one; but only shows me 2 in the visual network map.
2. I am trying to update the firmware on the new SAT but when i try and do it manually (via the web) and it asks me to log into that SAT I dont know the username or password. Anything and everything connected to the RBK53 system wont work. The password on the bottom of the SAT doesnt work with an "admin" login either.
How do i get into this SAT directly?
3. I want to keep my daisy chain working; i currently go RBR to Sat 1 to Sat 2; but this new Sat 3 will go in another direction of my home. I want it to connect to the RBK router directly.
Can i have a daisy chain in two directions at once?
Are these issues all interconnected?
Also, I see a 2nd wifi network in my home now; Orbi41 which is clearly this new SAT and is secured. I can connect to this with the regular network password and the network is there and works fine... very strange.
Thanks so much for everyone'se help!!!
The log in and PW would either be the same log in as you use on the RBR or admin and "password". No quotes.
nmcharka wrote:
I am adding a 3rd satellite to my RBK53 system and I am having a host of issues getting this to work.
1. The Orbi app tells me I have 3 sats working after i install the new one; but only shows me 2 in the visual network map.
2. I am trying to update the firmware on the new SAT but when i try and do it manually (via the web) and it asks me to log into that SAT I dont know the username or password. Anything and everything connected to the RBK53 system wont work. The password on the bottom of the SAT doesnt work with an "admin" login either.
How do i get into this SAT directly?
3. I want to keep my daisy chain working; i currently go RBR to Sat 1 to Sat 2; but this new Sat 3 will go in another direction of my home. I want it to connect to the RBK router directly.
Can i have a daisy chain in two directions at once?
Are these issues all interconnected?
Also, I see a 2nd wifi network in my home now; Orbi41 which is clearly this new SAT and is secured. I can connect to this with the regular network password and the network is there and works fine... very strange.
Thanks so much for everyone'se help!!!
So simple yet so true. Thanks... Once I got in and updated the firmware to be the same as the rest of the ecosystem the entire thing worked itself out.
Appreciate the help!
Glad you got it working.
Please mark your thread as solved so others will know.
Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy.