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russellmoran99
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Feb 11, 2022
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RBR850 not connecting RBS750 Satellite after switching to AP Mode

I purchased my RBR850 with 2 satellites and they work great.  I purchased RBS750 for my son's room and worked great until yesterday.  My RBR850 router function drops the connection from the internet ...
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    russellmoran99
    Feb 13, 2022

    SOLVED:

     

    After updating all, I started reading a little more.  I saw folks using a pfSense router which I was as well.  One common denominator was making sure even though this was in AP mode, I still had to hook the WAN line from pfSense to the RBR850.  Once I did this, I rebooted the RBR850 and was able to connect the RBS750 both wired and wirelessly.

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russellmoran99
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Feb 13, 2022

FURRYe38 

 

All has been updated.  I have tried to add the RBS750 both wired and wireless and it fails.  I have also did the 30-30-30 reset on the RBS750 prior to adding it.  Failed.  Please advise and thank you.

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russellmoran99
Luminary
Feb 13, 2022

SOLVED:

 

After updating all, I started reading a little more.  I saw folks using a pfSense router which I was as well.  One common denominator was making sure even though this was in AP mode, I still had to hook the WAN line from pfSense to the RBR850.  Once I did this, I rebooted the RBR850 and was able to connect the RBS750 both wired and wirelessly.