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Retired_Member
Aug 05, 2018Satellites lose dns connectivity reproducibly
A consistent and regular issue I encounter is satellites losing dsn connectivity. I've been testing and troubleshooting orbi pretty thorgoughly (not by choise mind you) and this is a consistently re...
Retired_Member
Sep 03, 2018I've swapped satellites and am now testing the beta firmware and still see the same issue. Both satellites lose dns connectivity. Specifically all devices connected to those satellites lose dns connectivity but devices connected to the router do not. When this occurs, devices connected to satellites are able to ping the router just fine.
This is fixed by powercylcing the satellites. It appears to be that what triggers it is load.
FURRYe38
Sep 04, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Ok, keep us posted. If the beta FW doesn't fix this, I would ask NG for replacement RMA on the satellites.