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RBS750 drops wired connection to RBR 750 and reverts to wireless
House has thick granite walls so CAT5 wiring to every room connected via Netgear GS324 switch. Orbi set up as follows - fibre internet wired to the WAN port on the RBR750, RBR750 wired to the switch...
If things are working, leave it and let it run.
At some point, I'd recommend you downgrade the system back to v.21 and avoid v.31. We can't recommend v.31 currently.
Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-SystemGood luck.
Update. This has been a real thief of time!
My wired network is Cat5e, I looked at the cables coming into the patch panel. Also, connecting a laptop via the wired network in the furthest network point I get 500mbps, the same as the feed from fibre into the Orbi router, so not an obvious network/switch issue.
Using pure wifi, the router delivers 500mbps in the same room, the middle of the house (after one granite wall) gets around 200mbps from wireless, the end of the house (after another granite wall) gets just under 100mbps. Not great.
So I wired a satellite (Gym - in the middle of the house) to an ethernet point, rebooted and got a blue LED. I now get 500mbps in the middle of the house, and 320 mbps in the end after the next granite wall, so will leave things there.
The network map now shows all the other satellites feeding off the Gym.
But both the Orbi app and orbilogin show the Gym satellite as wireless even though it is clearly wired, and the Orbilogin shows the backhaul status as poor even though it is now clearly the dominant satellite. I don't know what to make of this but I trust the consistent delivery speeds and not the Orbi software.
I'm going to leave it there. I am getting the service I need even though the Orbi software suggests things are not right.
Thanks to all for their helpful suggestions!
If things are working, leave it and let it run.
At some point, I'd recommend you downgrade the system back to v.21 and avoid v.31. We can't recommend v.31 currently.
Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Good luck.