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Orbi AP Mode Reboots when Router Reboots
I have my Orbi Router in AP mode with 2 Satellites hard wired back to the Orbi main unit. Now the Main Orbi is connected to one of my Non Nethgear routers ethernet points.
Everything works fine and I would estimate that it actually seems to work better than when the Orbi was acting as a router.
However - if I need to apply a change to my router which needs a reboot I notice that all my Orbi's go offline with the purple and then blue lights for a few minutes when this happens.
My question is this.
If the base Orbi detecting that the ethernet cable connection to the router is offline or is it able to detect that the internet is not available.
I would rather not have the whole house LAN go down due to wifi rebooting when I reboot the router.
What I was wondering if anyone could advise me on is this.
If I put a small ethernet switch between my NON Orbi router and my Orbi main AP unit so that the Orbi will always have a valid ethernet powered connection even when the router is rebooting - will this prevent the Orbi from going into one of its colour changing moods when I reboot my router ?
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Well, the primary router is handling all nat/dhcp so its not that the orbi reboots, its that nothing is managing those so things when the primary router reboots so the connected devices will disconnect.
The Orbi does reset/reboot however. The status light shows this happening and the network SSID disappears for a few minutes until they reboot. This breaks the LAN connection and I don't see why it should happen.
do you have it wired primary router---->wan port on Orbi router----lan ports----->satellites?
Or how do you have it wired?
