rbr850 3.2.16.6 upgrade - I had difficulties and downgraded - be careful!

When I took the offered upgrade to 3.2.16.6 I ended up with a very odd issue. My two satellites (also upgraded, of course) worked perfectly but the main orbi router refused to connect any devices to the 5 network and connected only at 2.4 even at a distance of zero. The satellites, I repeat, worked perfectly. I reset all to factory and downgraded to 3.2.15.32 and all is working fine again.

I tried discussing with phone support but after waiting for 40 minutes for level 2 I gave up!

I'd be interested if anyone else had this issue or whether there was something specific to the way I got upgraded, corruption in the upgrade or something.

Thanks

Dd852
Aug 26, 2020
Solved - finally

I'm a bit embarassed that the solution ended up being so simple. Finally after much fussing around, I did what I should have done earlier and simply sat near the offending router and did a long wifi scan. It turned out that even though I have the satellite approx. 30 ft away from the router, and even though everything had worked previously, after the firmware upgrade for some reason the 5 ghz signals clashed - they were very close in strength. And since Apple devices are a bit weird and fussy in how they decide what to attach to, I was creating a conflict the devices couldn't navigate through. I reduced the 5 and 2.4 signal strengths to 50% and all is good. I don't think I've created any black spote. Just another reminder that satellite placement and signal strength can be absolutely key.

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rbr850 3.2.16.6 upgrade - I had difficulties and downgraded - be careful!

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