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Orbi RBR 853 in AP Mode and Wired Backhaul. Satellites Aren't Detected Through a Switch
Read the entire thread and got some great tips. Now I can safely request an RMA for my brand new RBR853. The RBS850s will not appear as connected satellites when they are attached through a sw...
No EEE on the switches and no IGMP either.
I have a three floor home with the top and middle floor ethernet runs terminating into a
UniFi Switch 8 POE-60W
Version 4.3.13.11253
Board Revision 8
These two Unifi switches then uplink to my tech closet on the ground floor where I have a
Model UniFi Switch Lite 16 POE
Version 5.6.0.11463
Board Revision 8
The tech closet has my ONT and G1100 router.
The G1100 LAN side is cabled to the Unifi Lite 16.
I replaced an RBK53 setup with the RBR850 setup in exact same topology. There has been no change to the network architecture at all. I had no problems with the RBR50 seeing it's two satellite RBS50s at each floor. The MESH worked well.
I was expecting the replacement to go smoothly and configured the RBR850 in AP mode just like my RBR50. All the satellites were detected when on the bench pre deployment. of course, they were not wired backhaul at that time. When I deployed in place of the RBK53 system, that's when the problems started. No detection of the satellites and no MESH network.
Unfortunately I cant give a dedicated backhaul without going through the switch fabic.
Ok,
So if you take one RBS and directly connect it to the back of the RBR with out a switch in between. Does the RBS connect and report a wried status on the RBRs web page?
I do remember seeing a problem with the status reporting incorrectly when in AP mode when ethernet connected. I'll have to check my notes on this.
Yes it does. But Connected ORBI is blank.
FURRYe38 wrote:Ok,
So if you take one RBS and directly connect it to the back of the RBR with out a switch in between. Does the RBS connect and report a wried status on the RBRs web page?
I do remember seeing a problem with the status reporting incorrectly when in AP mode when ethernet connected. I'll have to check my notes on this.
Ok So direct connect works. Connected Orbi may populate later.
What FW version are you usng? I presume v15.25?
There was a problem with prior versions of FW having problems with RBS connected to switches would not report correctly as wired only when the RBR was in AP mode..Something I reported earlier this year. I believe v15.25 fixed this...
One thing you can try, even though you have a another router online. Configure the RBR for router node. You can disconnect the other host router from the RBR temporarily while you try this. Once configured for router mode on the RBR, Connect the other switches to the back of the RBR, then connect the RBS to these switches, to see if the status appears correctly.
Latest firmware. Also down rev'd n-1, n-2, n-3. Made no diff.
Not going to change over to Router mode, that's not my config and I've got no more time to troubleshoot for NG. Not at this price point. Waiting for RMA from them.
Will consider jumping back in the pool when they're at n+1 on this AX line perhaps.
Thanks for the assist.