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Wired Backhaul in recent firmware releases
It seems that the wired backhaul design has changed in recent formware releases. It was a "known fact" that if you want to setup wired backhaul for a certain Satellite that you need to first sync th...
Ok, finally on the 3rd try, I got the RBS to sync with LAN cable connected and it's configured for the right SSID name.
I did a factory reset while the RBS was wirelessly connected. Then powered it off. Plugged in the LAN cable. Waited for the top led to pulsate WHITE, it the sync button for 5 seconds, then hit the sync button on the RBR in the web page. Got BLUE led with in about 30 seconds and it shows up in the RBRs UI as a connected satellite with a WIred status.
1 Netgear Orbi Satellite-1 192.168.0.103 192.168.0.103 MAC Wired Orbi Router
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True, the Satellite’s own SSID (ORBIxx) will take some time to disappear. Just leave it, once the ”Config Sync” is successfully completed the Satellite will be updated -after being wiped- by the Router and the Satellite will get the main SSID. This can take few minutes to happen.