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RBR850, RBS850, 2x RBS350 "Out of sync" & default "password"!!!
Hi all, I got RBR850 with RBS850 ....for a while everything worked well. After a while I had to add some more coverage to my system and got 2 additional satellites RBS350 (following compatibility...
alternet wrote:
The other problem is that satellites' password cannot be changed! RBS850 takes over the router's password, but the RBS350s work only with the default "password"!!!! This is something not accepted in 2023!!! Please make a solution for this since the satellites' interface does not offer an option to change the password!
Do I read this correctly that the RBS350 satellite web sites accept a web connection using the credentials "admin" and "password"?
(Not that the WiFi credentials on the satellites are not the same as the router and RBS850 satellite.)
This is almost certainly a result of that "out of sync" condition. The reason there is no provision on the satellite web page to change the web password is that the router is supposed to automatically set the password on all satellites.
Could you try an experiment by disconnecting the Ethernet connection for a satellite and see if the situation changes? Orbi device status pages take a while to update. Depending on how far the RBS350 is from the router, it may be necessary to temporarily relocate the satellite closer to the router (even in the same room) for the test.
CrimpOn wrote:
alternet wrote:The other problem is that satellites' password cannot be changed! RBS850 takes over the router's password, but the RBS350s work only with the default "password"!!!! This is something not accepted in 2023!!! Please make a solution for this since the satellites' interface does not offer an option to change the password!
Do I read this correctly that the RBS350 satellite web sites accept a web connection using the credentials "admin" and "password"?
YES!!! Exactly!!!
(Not that the WiFi credentials on the satellites are not the same as the router and RBS850 satellite.)
The credentials are totally different!!!
This is almost certainly a result of that "out of sync" condition. The reason there is no provision on the satellite web page to change the web password is that the router is supposed to automatically set the password on all satellites.
Shortly after reboot it stays in sync for a while. Today it is in sync for a couple hours now.
Could you try an experiment by disconnecting the Ethernet connection for a satellite and see if the situation changes? Orbi device status pages take a while to update. Depending on how far the RBS350 is from the router, it may be necessary to temporarily relocate the satellite closer to the router (even in the same room) for the test.
This was the only way to get connected the devices in the fist place. The distances between RBR and RBS are too big the get them connected wirelessly so I had to place them next to each other for the first sync and then once it was synced I could position them in there spots and connect them via LAN.