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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!!!
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?
Yes they are, when they’re deployed in their final position. It’s a Netgear 48 port gigabit ethernet unmanaged switch )GS 348)
Oddity for sure. Thought I don't have the 348 model series switch, been using the gs308 series and haven't see any problems.
Do you know how long the system had been up and running before you saw this event?
