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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 ...
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.
Many thanks. I think I might leave well enough alone at this point ... I broke rule number one which is , if it works well don’t upgrade unless the change seems truly necessary !
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.
Glad you got it figured out. Thanks for letting us know.
Dd852 wrote: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.
