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dgrandshaw
Sep 15, 2021Aspirant
Blue solid light on Orbi satellite
Hi - So I have good connectivity on my two saltellites back to the router. The satellite has a solid blue light that is always on. I thought that the light went off after syncing with the router afte...
- Sep 15, 2021
Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the Orbi AX (WiFi 6) products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with Orbi AX and know how to work it better than those of us who follow this "general Orbi" forum. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/bd-p/en-home-orbi-axThank you.
CrimpOn
Sep 29, 2021Guru - Experienced User
dgrandshaw wrote:
Is there a log or more to the satellite interface?
I cannot vouch for the AX series, but the original Orbi satellites have the same "debug" page as the Orbi router.
http://orbilogin.net/debug.htm
There is an option to create a debug log (and another option to have the log begin when the satellite boots up).
Saving the log to a computer produces a zip file with LOTS of information.
(Making sense of it.... now that's a different story.)
dgrandshaw
Oct 04, 2021Aspirant
There is logging for some features but it does not log info on satellites. I called in and was told to connect the satellites direct into the wall outlet - avoiding a powerstrip. Then they had me hold the reset button for 30 seconds which I did so I will monitor for spontaneous satellite reboots the next few days.