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MR80 won't connect after power outage, again
Netgear MR80 not available as an option in the model number. After a very brief power outage our MR80 won't connect to the internet. I've tried doing the power cycling of the ATT modem and then ...
Try this and see if it works for the MS:
What you need to do is factory reset the MS. Wire connect a PC to the 1st satellite. Already have the most current FW version files downloaded on to this PC.
Wire connect 1 PC to the back of the MS. Factory reset the MS, wait about 5 minutes. The PC will get a IP address from the satellite. The RBS will be 192.168.1.250. Use this IP address in a web browser to log in to the satellites web page. Log in as admin and password. Use the satellites web page FW update feature to select the FW update file that was unpacked from the .zip file. Then factory reset and then re-sync the satellites to the MR.
I don't know the answer to either of those questions. My original MR80 router won't broadcast a signal so I decided to switch to the second MR80 I'd bought and was able to connect to it. I can get back on the internet now but none of the satellites work. They're all wired at their locations. Now I've reset them and brought one satellite close to the router to get it to sync. After a reset it just blinks white. I press sync on the router and then sync on the satellite...still only blinking. These devices are suprisingly challenging to get to work with one another. I expected much less work from a home wifi mesh system.
1. No. the mr80 can't be turned into a satellite
2. the MR80 is pretty newly released, is it still within warranty? (click on "mynetgear" at the top. should be able to register an account and the device and check warranty)
3. I've never used the MK series but the orbi series has sync'd pretty easily for me. Should be fairly similar with the MK series.
4. what have you done to try to fix the original?
Thanks for the replies. I've done absolutely nothing different but when I went to set up the router last night it was successful. Now arises another problem. When it set up it updated it's firmware. Now none of the satellites are even seen in the routerlogin.net or show up when I try to add one via the Nighthawk app. I've connected directly (ethernet) to them from the PC, ethernet to the router and nothing. Is there a way to force these to show up? They just flash a white led.
When you updated FW, did you update FW on the MS first then on the MR lastly?
The router updated the firmware itself. I couldn't stop it. So yes, it updated the router first/before I ever had a chance to update the satelllites.