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Upgraded firmware on Orbi RBR20 and it made me change password, but satellite password remains same
So I have already seen a post on this, but it is closed. I was having trouble with my Oribi RBR20 and RBS20 connecting. The Sattelite was not connected, so I was getting slower speeds because I was f...
I would factory reset the satellite. Press in on the reset button until the top led light turns on AMBER, then let go. Wait for the top led to pulsate WHITE. Press the black sync button in back of the RBR then do the same on the satellite. The sync should begin and hopefully BLUE will be seen on the top of the satellite.
Likely you had a bad connection between the Router and Satellite when you changed the password, and this caused the discrepancy between the nodes.
- You should be able to sync the passwords by factory resetting the Satellite then syncing it with the Router. You will not loose any configiration by factory resetting the Satellite.
- Otherwise if you don’t want to factory reset the Satellite, you can also set the password in the Satellite by telneting to the Satellite and then set the password. Please let me know if you want to do it this way and you want the command to do that. :)
- You should be able to sync the passwords by factory resetting the Satellite then syncing it with the Router. You will not loose any configiration by factory resetting the Satellite.
- Otherwise if you don’t want to factory reset the Satellite, you can also set the password in the Satellite by telneting to the Satellite and then set the password. Please let me know if you want to do it this way and you want the command to do that. :)