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RBR750/RBS750 Backhaul Problem
I have the RBK753 which contains a router and 2 satellites. I live in a 3 bed semi-detached home. On the ground floor I have the router. On the first floor in the nursery, I have a satellite (about 2...
I did what you suggested above and disconnected the Ethernet and power-cycled all 3 devices. It now connects in the order that I had preferred, albeit fully wirelessly. The signal is reported as Good on both connections listed above, which you can see in my screenshots below.
Do you think the ethernet connection is possibly not installed right or some backend configuration issue in Orbi admin? Is it ok to plug the Ethernet into any port?
Thanks Philip
Can you provide us a floor drawing layout diagram and mark where you have the RBR and RBS placed?
20feet is going to be too close and maybe causing the attic RBS to connect to the Nursery RBS since the wifi single over lap between the RBR and closer RBS is too close or too much over lap between them. Can you move this one RBS out farther from the RBR?
Something you can try, turn down the power on the RBR from 100% to 50% on the RBRs web page under Advanced tab/Advanced/Wireless Settings.