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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.
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.
CrimpOn
Oct 04, 2021Guru - Experienced User
dgrandshaw wrote:
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.
Unless you have the world's worst power strip, this advice seems sophomoric. MyRBR50 and RBS50 are both powered by UPS. If I had found a way to mount a UPS in the garage rafters, my RBS40V would also be connected to UPS. There are devices that definitely should not be plugged into power strips, such as Powerline adapters. If this solves your problem, I owe someone a huge apology.
My Orbi satellite debug pages (both RBS50 and RBS40V) have the option to "Start Debug Log Capture when boot up". It defies logic to think that these debug logs do not contain information about the satellite itself. I'm not claiming that the information is useful or pertinent to this particular problem, but to claim that they do not exist????