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dermitchie76
Jul 23, 2020Aspirant
Satellites showing offline in all but connected in WebUI
Hi, So my Orbi system became unstable today, as did the corresponding Sonos system, which is a symptom I believe. The satellites are showing as connected in the WebUI with 5Ghz back haul, in the...
dermitchie76
Jul 24, 2020Aspirant
Sadly even on its own the Orbis don’t work. What made you ask?
There were also issue with my Amazon Echos not communicating if they were connected through different Satellites.
I ended up resetting the Orbi Router and restoring my settings. It worked fine immediately after.
All devices are now on the latest firmware ending in 16. I hope I don’t have to keep doing this.
There were also issue with my Amazon Echos not communicating if they were connected through different Satellites.
I ended up resetting the Orbi Router and restoring my settings. It worked fine immediately after.
All devices are now on the latest firmware ending in 16. I hope I don’t have to keep doing this.
plemans
Jul 24, 2020Guru - Experienced User
dermitchie76 wrote:
Sadly even on its own the Orbis don’t work. What made you ask?
There were also issue with my Amazon Echos not communicating if they were connected through different Satellites.
I ended up resetting the Orbi Router and restoring my settings. It worked fine immediately after.
All devices are now on the latest firmware ending in 16. I hope I don’t have to keep doing this.
Reason I asked is sonos has been known to cause issues because their products can talk to each other seperate from the primary network. This isn't isolate to netgear products. If you search sonos's site or google/linksys mesh products, you'll find many posts with issues from sonos devices.
here's 1 for example that has some potential fixes.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Sonos-can-t-connect-to-Orbi/td-p/1695787