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Cannot integrate extra RBS850 to existing RBK853 mesh
Hello,
I've purchased an additional RBS850 satellite to add to my exiting RBK853 system, when i connect this RBS to my RBR the led indicator turn blue, so there is a connection but this additional RBS does not add to the mesh, it (the sattelite) keeps its original SSID.
The firmware of all the devices is the same (see pictures).
I can see it is connected in the orbi app, but the icon of this RBS is different than the other satellites and i cannot see the hardware version (pic. Orbi satellite-1 slaapkamer), firmware version en serialnumber, i can see this information in the app of the other two satellites (pic. Orbi satellite-1 overkapping and Orbi satellite-2 zolder)
I encountered this problem before with a totaly different ORBI RBK853 system and was not able to solve it.
All the satellites are wired connected to the router.
Please see the pictures attached to this post of the setup, for additional information.
Thanks for the help.
Kind regards,
Peter
Holland
I've purchased an additional RBS850 satellite to add to my exiting RBK853 system, when i connect this RBS to my RBR the led indicator turn blue, so there is a connection but this additional RBS does not add to the mesh, it (the sattelite) keeps its original SSID.
The firmware of all the devices is the same (see pictures).
I can see it is connected in the orbi app, but the icon of this RBS is different than the other satellites and i cannot see the hardware version (pic. Orbi satellite-1 slaapkamer), firmware version en serialnumber, i can see this information in the app of the other two satellites (pic. Orbi satellite-1 overkapping and Orbi satellite-2 zolder)
I encountered this problem before with a totaly different ORBI RBK853 system and was not able to solve it.
All the satellites are wired connected to the router.
Please see the pictures attached to this post of the setup, for additional information.
Thanks for the help.
Kind regards,
Peter
Holland
- Thank you for your reaction.
This is/was not the problem.
Complete system was/is wired backhaul.
How may satellites can be connected to the RBR, when it (the RBR itself) is in AP mode?
I've performed a complete new setup of the system.
In the beginning the RBR is in router-mode, and all the satelittes are connected the right way, they are all (3) synced.
But when i put the RBR in AP mode, one sattelite will not connect the right way, it is out of sync.
So i connected first one rbs (when RBR is in AP mode) and synchronized it, than i turned of the power of this rbs (nr. 1), than i connected nr. 2 and also nr. 3 and synchronized them also. When nr. 2 and 3 where connected (up and running) i powered up nr. 1 (it was allready synchronized before) all the 3 rbs are synchronized now. And problem solved!
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Its got an ip address. Are you able to log into that address to check its firmware version? (and update it if needed)
- Yes, ive updated it to the same firmware version as the other devices.
So you've got it updated. After the update, did you try factory resetting the satellite and re-syncing it?
I notice it says its wired in. Is it directly connected to the orbi or is it running through a switch?
If so, what switch is it?
