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RBS850 broadcasting WPA2 security on 2.4 GHz and Open security on 5Ghz
One of my my satellites is broadcasting WPA2 security for the 2.4Ghz channel and Open security for the 5Ghz channe. I did a wirelss scan using the Wireless Diagnostics tool on my mac and I can see the same BSSID broadcasting these. I have double checked all the settings and everything is set to WPA2 security within the admin tool. Any ideas what would cause this?
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What Firmware version is currently loaded?
Sounds like the one RBS hasn't sycned correctly. Do other RBS appear working correctly if you turn OFF the 1 RBS that isn't.
Factory reset the 1 RBS and resync it to the RBR.
Firmware is showing up to date with: V3.2.10.11_1.2.12. I will try the reset you suggested. Thank you.
The factory reset seems to have fixed this. Thank you. Do you know where I can find the exact steps for setting up a wired backhaul for RBS850? I have seen a number of posts but not an official list and the user guide does not have it. One of the satellites is so far away (separate structure in backyard) it needs a wired backhaul. I have seen posts that say all you have to do is to set up the satelllite using wifi, move it to new location, enter an address reservation under LAN settings and connect the ethernet. When I do this it takes several hours or days for the satallite to show backhaul status within the admin UI. It seems to be working during those two days but it's hard to tell. I am not sure why it doesn't show up instantly within the admin UI?
The only thing you have to do to set up the wired backhaul is to plug one of the satellite's Ethernet ports into one of the router's Ethernet ports. It's as easy as that. No need to set up address reservations or anything else.
This problem may occour if using a wired satellite and the Orbi in AP mode.
After some time the wired satellite de-synch from the RBR850 and acts like a standalone AP maintaining the SSID but with no security on the 5Ghz band.
It even might continue to work if the RBR850 is turned off!
I found no solution.
See other threads here discussing wired satellite problems.
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Orbi-CA wrote:My Setup (Cable 900Mbps/40Mbps) -> TECHNICOLOR CGM4140COM -> Orbi RBS 850 with one wired backhaul satellite and one wireless backhaul satellite.
