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mith_it
Aug 31, 2018Luminary
Satellite only connects with 2.4Ghz
This is very strange, I've had my Orbi system for a few months now and it worked fine until 2 days ago. I have the router and 2 satellites, one is wired and one uses the wireless backhaul. The wirele...
- Aug 31, 2018
swap out the wired satellite for the wireless satellite and see how it goes.
mith_it
Aug 31, 2018Luminary
I don't know if this proves flakiness of the system, but swapping the two satellites fixed the issue. I am tempted to swap them again to see if the wireless one remains on 5Ghz, but I'm too lazy and afraid it won't work ;)
FURRYe38
Aug 31, 2018Guru - Experienced User
The reason I had you swap was to see if the problem followed or not. It's possible that the one RBS could be faulty and may need to be replaced...
- mith_itSep 01, 2018LuminaryI swapped them again and it looks like that one satellite only connects in 2.4Ghz. I have moved it back on the wired connection and the second satellite is happily connected with 5Ghz and the Web UI shows a good connection. I'll see about replacement.