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Papasmurph
Jan 10, 2022Aspirant
RBR850 problem with Satellite connection to Router dropping
I have been using RBR850 and 1 Satellite for past 14 months with no issues. in the past few weeks the Satellite keeps dropping connection with router for no reason. I rebooted, resynched and Satellit...
Papasmurph
Jan 10, 2022Aspirant
House is 3000Sq Ft and the satellite is just under 30 ft from the router - there is a solid block wall between the router and Satellite, but what is not making sense to the dropped connection is that any time I check there is a Blue ligh showing on the Satellite thus confirming there is a good signal to the router.
on the channels I have tried a few but what seemed to help a bit is channel 11 doe 2,4Ghz and I used 44, will try 48 and see if that makes a difference. I do not have any WiFi neighbour interferences at all.
Thanks for your reply - I will also try to do a factory reset but will do that tomorrow
FURRYe38
Jan 10, 2022Guru - Experienced User
The front BLUE LED should turn OFF after a few minutes after the RBS is synced or powered UP and online.
https://kb.netgear.com/31030/What-do-the-LEDs-on-my-Orbi-mean
- PapasmurphJan 10, 2022Aspirant
agreed, yes it does that but when the Satellite loses connection when i check the Blue light os lit on the Satellite - strange that why i feel its software issue rather than a distance / interference problem.
- FURRYe38Jan 10, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Also current v4.6.5.14 FW has been problematic for lots of users so please give the v4.6.7.5 FW a try. Hoping it wil help on this. Mines running well.
- FURRYe38Jan 18, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Any updates on this? There is newer FW that you can try...
Papasmurph wrote:
agreed, yes it does that but when the Satellite loses connection when i check the Blue light os lit on the Satellite - strange that why i feel its software issue rather than a distance / interference problem.