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SweetPizza
Sep 06, 2020Aspirant
Orbi wifi 6 system add on points not working
Hello! I recently got the orbi wifi 6 system. It is great but needed more coverage. I got the first ones from Costco and it was a 3 pack. So when I needed more coverage, I got the same pack from Cost...
SweetPizza
Sep 06, 2020Aspirant
Hi, I have tried both ways and they both don't work. The satellites don't show up either if I connect them only to the first setup. If I turn on the ap mode, the first orbi router turns into ap mode as well. Please Help! Thank you in advance.
schumaku
Sep 06, 2020Guru - Experienced User
SweetPizza wrote:The satellites don't show up either if I connect them only to the first setup.
Challenge Netgear support. It must be possible to add more satellites to the first system base in router mode. Needless to say, you can't use the router/base from the second kit in this set-up.
SweetPizza wrote:If I turn on the ap mode, the first orbi router turns into ap mode as well.
Does not make sense to me - these are two dedicated management environments, how should the first unit be re-configured if the second one is connected as AP? ... unless I'm missing something very basic.
- SweetPizzaSep 06, 2020Aspirant
This is strange beucse when you log in to the orbilogin.com,the ap mode shows resetting both. So i tried connecting just the satellites again to the original system and doesn't work. I might be doing something wrong. Could you explain me the steps of hoe to connect the satellites to the original system?
- schumakuSep 06, 2020Guru - Experienced User
orbilogin.com does only connect to one "kit" resp it's router/base station isn't it?
Remove the second router/base from the network, then follow -> How do I connect a satellite to my Orbi router?
- SweetPizzaSep 06, 2020Aspirant
So thank you so far by the way. But the steps you have shown just don't work for me.
In the last week, I have tried like 15 times, and they just don't work, I don't know if I have a defective set or what. I don't know what else to try. I have tried resetting them as well but no luck.