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RBR850 Satellite Disconnecting Due to Possible DHCP Issues
I have an RBR850 with one hardwired satellite. After running flawlessly for the first year, sometime in the last few months I started having trouble with WiFi devices disconnecting for a few minutes ...
The satellite connects directly to the router, without a switch. However, the old cable was CAT 5e. Turns out, it was also from the same roll used for a different run that also caused trouble a while back.
I replaced it with a new CAT 6 run, switched back to the wired backhaul, and everything is running smoothly. It hadn't occurred to me that the cable might be at fault, especially as it had worked for quite some time. Thanks for the helping in tracking this down.
oigoldman wrote:
I have an RBR850 with one hardwired satellite. After running flawlessly for the first year, sometime in the last few months I started having trouble with WiFi devices disconnecting for a few minutes at a time. And, the problem happens only with WiFi devices connected to the satellite--never the router.
The log entries create an impression that the satellite is disconnecting and reconnecting the ethernet link, almost as if there is a loose connection that is erratic.
What happens if you disconnect the ethernet cable (temporarily) to see if the situation happens again with the satellite backhaul over WiFi?
(I understand that WiFi backhaul is not as blazing fast as ethernet backhaul, but this is an almost trivial test that can be ended at any time.)
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll follow up on these.