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jimsasselli
Aspirant
Oct 28, 2021

ORBI RBK753 - General Quetions

A few basic quetions: 1) The blue light on one of my satellite units occasionally turns blue.  I know that no colored lights means normal operation, as such I suspect the light is to simply indicate...
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 28, 2021
  1. Blue light - no idea
  2. Order of satellites, #1 is the satellite that appears "on top" on the web display.  If the units have chosen to "Daisy Chain", then the unit closest to the router should be the one connected to the router. The farther away unit will be at the "end" of the chain.
    An easy way to test is to power off the unit that is farthest away and see what happens.
    (p.s. the forum is loaded with complaints that the Orbi 'app' does not show the network connections correctly.)
  3. Correct. Solid line indicates ethernet connection. Dotted Lind, WiFi.