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Netgear ms-80 loses signal
Hi, I have a netgear ms-80 satellite in my shop and I wanted to extended my wifi into my shed so I got another ms-80 but when I turn the new satellite on I lose wifi signal. The light goes from blue to orange and the only way I can get wifi back in the shop is by turning the new satellite off. I tried the new satellite in my house and the new satellite connects and works just fine. My issue occurs when I bring the new satellite down to the shop. The current satellite in the shop is connected to the one my gazebo and the one in the gazebo is connected to the main satellite in the house.
- So I tried the new ms and it works when the old one is unplugged. I also tried plugging the new ms in my basement while all the other satellites were plugged in and they all worked. So I’m guessing the chain limit of ms satellites is two
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What is the distances between the MR and this remote location?
Distances between the MR and MS should be good starting around 30 Feet. Building materials and distances will be a facotor on how MS work in remote locations.
- The distance from the mr to the ms in the gazebo is probably 50ft or so. The distance from the gazebo to the ms in the shop is probably 200 ft or so. But the one in the shop works perfectly fine I get full bars. These ms’s can connect to each other correct? I currently have 4 ms’s connected to the Mr. On the map of my satellites in the netgear app it shows that the one in the shop is connected to the one in the gazebo. So my thinking was that I could connect the new ms to the one in shop and continue to push the range of the wifi out even further.
200 feet, wow, not too sure about that distance. I guess you can try to connect another one to the one in the shop and see. There maybe some wifi performance degradation.
Be sure FW on all MS are updated and the same version as whats on the MR.
