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Terrible Bug - Adding a RBS20 satellite to RBK 50 system breaks the LAN
Following up from another thread- I just got done with a full troubleshoot and it appears that Interoperability between Orbi systems is rather badly broken. Many users may not even notice this as th...
Just a tiny thing. The backhaul rates for the RBS50 and RBS20 are switched on the drawing. The RBS50 backhaul is "up to 1333mb" and the RBS20 backhaul is "up to 866mb". https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/orbi/RBS20.pdf
What happens if you remove the RBS50 and just connect the RBS20 alone to the RBR?
Is Daisy Chain enabled or diabled on the RBR? Depending upon how you have placed the RBSs, Diasy Chain should be disable if in a STAR formation with the RBR. If RBSs are in a line out from the RBR, then DC can be enabled.
What is the model # of the Gb switch?
During the testing, I did try both Daisy chain enabled and disabled.
In any case, the locations of the units are such that they do connect in star formation.
VErified the same via telnet commands as well.
I haven't explicitly tried removing the RBS50 but my guess is it would work fine as LAN comm between the RBS20 devices and RBR50 was working fine even with the RBS50 in the mix.
To put it another way, devices connected to the RBS50 and devices connected to the RBS20/RBR50 behave as if they are on separate LAN subnets/segments
Lets turn OFF the RBS50 and see what happens.
Wondering if there is a problem with the RBS20.
Is FW up to date on the RBS20?
Yeah - Guess your post and my edit crossed - Noticed that after posting the OP :)
The drawing doesn't indicate what is connected to the Orbi WiFi.
Does "location" make a difference in regard to the RBS20?
i.e. when it is connected in the same room as the router, the problems still occur?
That would have made the drawing even messier :)
There are approx 40 devices connecting to the Orbis, a few phones , laptops , tablets , A couple of streaming devices and a large bunch of Alexas, google hubs, wireless bulbs and switches
Location makes a difference in that if I were to connect my latop in proximity to the RBR50/RBS20, it would see devices on this segment fine but not the RBS50 segment - and vice versa
