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LBnKC
Nov 03, 2024Star
RBS850 Incorrectly Connects Powerline Adapter as a Backhaul on Power Failure
I have an RBR850 and multiple RBS850 satelites. One of my satelites has a TP-Link Powerline WiFi Extender plugged into the Ethernet port. This works to use Ethernet over Power Line to get a network connection into my safe where WiFi cannot reach.
This works fine, however, when there's a power outage the EoP comes up first and the Satelite never connects to the WiFi backhaul. I beleive the Satellite sees the EoP adapter as it's backhaul and never tries the WiFi backhaul.
I've looked at the classic KB article on how to set up Ethernet Backhaul, but it does not address my issue. In this case I need to somehow prevent it from using Ethernet Backhaul.
I'm in a rural area, and the power is sketchy if there's any bad weather. If I am not home, I can no longer monitor the safe, and my wife, of course, calls me to complain that she cannot watch Housewives of Whatever City is popular.
I could use a delay on timer like this one, but the outdor box in which this Satellite sits is rather small, and it would mean I need to split the power - to the Satellite and to the EoP device, removing the space-saving benefit of just plugging the router into the EoP adapter as a pass-through.
Any ideas?
12 Replies
- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
If there was a computer connected to the satellite using Ethernet, would the satellite think, "ah. there's my backhaul link!"
No. If there is an Orbi router connected to the Powerline network, then the satellite would recognize it as backhaul.
No router: no backhaul link.
Do these power outages last longer than some small UPS would power the router and each satellite?
- Well, that’s a crapshoot. What I know for sure is that the box its all in is a weatherproof box (outdoors) and I have no room for a UPS in the box and it would not survive outside without taking on another problem after solving the first. 🙂
I found a delay relay that will fit in a knockout: RIBTD2401B. Unless I come up with another idea today that seems like my best bet. The other option is a DIN box in addition to the one with the Satellite in it, and using something like this:
https://a.co/d/c5mfl7J- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
So, if the satellite is NOT connected to whatever is inside the safe through a Powerline link and there is a power outage, then the satellite connects to the router over WiFi as expected?
What else is connected to Powerline?