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Orbi backhual connection attempt
I am generally OK with my Orbi it works alright, minor quirk but ok. I have a NAS connect to a Netgear R7000 which act as a bridge to the Main orbi wifi. It works but since the bridge is using the ...
Do you have a satellite in place as well? You can connect the NAS to the satellite and see if this does anything.
Try factory resetting the R7000 and set it up from scratch.
What FW is on the R7000?
What FW is on the Orbi router?
Obviously the Nas connect directly to satellite will work well since the Nas will use the wireless backhaul through the satellite. That is not the issue I am after.
What I am after is using another router to bridge to the Orbi backhual. Effectively turning it into a satellite sort of. Just for fun and understanding. The R7000 run latest netgear firmware and also tried ddwrt as well. Won't connect. I think next I will try to clone the Mac address of one of the Orbi satellite to see if that work.
What I am after is using another router to bridge to the Orbi backhual. Effectively turning it into a satellite sort of. Just for fun and understanding. The R7000 run latest netgear firmware and also tried ddwrt as well. Won't connect. I think next I will try to clone the Mac address of one of the Orbi satellite to see if that work.
And your using the wireless bridge mode on the R7000? Possible there is an issue with wireless bridge and Orbi systems. However I have my older WNDE111 wireless bridge connected to my 1 satellite that services my mom in laws DISH Joey in her room next door to where the Satellite is. Possible there is a configuration or FW issue with the R7000.
What FW are you using on the Orbi router?
- To be clear my r7000 have No issue connecting to the normal Orbi wifi "the front hual" however nothing is able to connect to the dedicated Orbi backhual with the 4x4 stream except for the Orbi satellite. I have latest firmware on Orbi 2.1 something as well as r7000
I am essentially trying to hack the system to make any router with a bridge mode to act as a satellite, which I am sure Netgear will not approve of, because they will loose money on selling satellite. But I am trying to do this for fun.Ok man. Just asking.
Good Luck.