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Satellite keeps losing connection, constantly doing DHCP
I have the Costco product with 1 router (RBR50) and 2 satellites (RBS50). One satellite is stable, while the other intermittently drops. I recently looked at the router logs and saw that the proble...
Move the sat closer to the router. The range is much less than you can imagine, sometimes not more than 15-20 feet on the 2.x series firmware.
I have the RB33K, and one satellite is 37 feet away the other 39 feet. Everything is performing well. I had blue lights at the initial placement, with no satellite disconnect issues to date. I do not believe there is a generalization about close and far (other than Netgear saying 30 feet minimum, 70 feet maximum). Enviroment, interference, and obstacles play a huge role in affecting the 5GHz backhaul.
JoeCymru wrote:I have the RB33K, and one satellite is 37 feet away the other 39 feet. Everything is performing well. I had blue lights at the initial placement, with no satellite disconnect issues to date. I do not believe there is a generalization about close and far (other than Netgear saying 30 feet minimum, 70 feet maximum). Enviroment, interference, and obstacles play a huge role in affecting the 5GHz backhaul.
Absolutely interference plays a huge role for 5ghz. However, many people had the Orbi running for 6 months to a year with the pre 2.x firmware and had to move sats after the 2.x upgrade was released.
Bottom line is, the pre 1.10.x firmware was largely stable for everyone, but starting with the 1.10.x release, it went highly unstable for large groups of users randomly.Interesting. The RBK33 package has the latest at 2.0.0.56 for the Router and 2.0.0.34 for the satellites. That was a major firmware jump for the units I bought and I had no issue. As you say there are random variables happening.