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How to get iPhone and iPad on WiFi?
Well I think I am now suffering from the WiFi connection issues in the top post - I rebooted my RBR850 and 2 RBS850s this morning, and since then the iPhone 15 and iPad Pro show WiFi connection *brie...
UPdate - so I did one more power cycle of the offending RBS. Then I did another power cycle of the RBR. And everything appears to be working! Wow amazing.
If you get any intuition that I am going to reboot this network, send someone here to shoot me. Remind me not to touch anything!!!
OK I have discovered a little - NOTHING is connecting to either RBS! There's one on 3rd floor, one on first floor - RBR in basement. I walked my iPad down to the first floor, where it could connect to the RBR - it got 700/40. So on the third floor, the iPhone and iPad can't reach the RBR with a good enough signal vs 5G right by the window; the Mac can reach it, but very slow (200 Mbps/35). BTW this is not just Apple, a Windows laptop on the third floor can't connect to WiFi either.
How do I get the RBSs having connections again? When I power cycled them, AFTER the RBR was up, the eventually showed BLUE - they are backhauled via Ethernet. The router web page shows Backhaul status GOOD.
Help!
Has a power off for 1 minute then back ON with the ISP modem and RBR and RBS been performed?
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:
Turn off and unplug modem.
Turn off router and computers.
Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it to connect. Thne power ON RBS.
Turn on computers and rest of network.
wow I have been working on this most of all day - this system is so fragile - one reboot and mayhem the rest of the day!
I did that -
Powered off: RBS 1, RBS 2, switch, Router, Modem.
Waited 1 full minute.
Turned on modem - waited for it to be up.
Powered on Router - waited for it to be up
Powered on switch - waited for it to be up
Same for RBS 2, then RBS 1.
Everything comes up blue. But no WiFi. Ethernet is fine.
So I factory reset the RBSs - turned one off, worked on the other. The 3rd floor RBS is working fine now, it permits connections, has a strong signal for devices nearby, and speed test is good - 600 mpbs-800 mpbs depending on device. Orbi app shows devices connected to 3rd floor RBS, but nothing connected to 1st floor RBS.
I never did get the perfect factory reset and sync - got blinking amber light, solid white light, used the web page add a satellite AND tried manual sync with the two buttons, I would get Magenta - no sync - when the satellite and router were 6 feet apart! Other RBS powered off. I could only get blue and see it show up in attached devices by 4th connecting satellite and router.
I used a WiFi analyzer when I just had the second RBS powered on and the RBR - it saw to signals out. But Many things not connecting. Router web page says backhaul status of both RBSs is good.
So I have one RBS left to figure out why it won't let anything connect to it. I guess I'll try factory reset etc. again...?
UPdate - so I did one more power cycle of the offending RBS. Then I did another power cycle of the RBR. And everything appears to be working! Wow amazing.
If you get any intuition that I am going to reboot this network, send someone here to shoot me. Remind me not to touch anything!!!
Are the RBS ethernet connected to this switch?
Brand and model of this switch?