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RBR850 Frequent Disconnects Starting March 9th AM EST
Yesterday 3/9, starting at about 6AM EST, my Orbi system is disconnecting my Nest Cameras and Thermostat and my work laptop every 10-20 mins or so. I have about 20 devices connected to my mesh syste...
I know for AP mode wireless RBS connections should work when v10.11 is loaded. It's the wired RBS with LAN switches that doesn't work correctly or report correctly on the RBRs web page. I had v10.11 loaded and router mode worked with ethernet switches and RBS, however when I changed to AP mode, the wired RBS failed to appear correctly on the RBRs web page until I connected them wirelessly. I did see the RBS turn BLUE and seemed to work. Just would not report correctly at connected wired RBS.
IF you RBS are wired, be sure they are connected to the RBR, not thru a host router.
That’s because it tries the wired connection, succeeds for a while, then fails and reverts back to wireless backhaul. One of the reasons why I gave up on orbi ax, I had the exact same issue (my satellite and router were far from each other, wireless backhaul leads to slow performance on the RBS). Just like you, I was using the router in AP mode. It’s a bug they introduced in the last firmware, and their support folks were absolutely clueless when I tried to explain the issue.
I put this in my bug report as well. Though testing wired RBS directly to the RBR with out any ethernet switches worked for me in AP mode. Ya, I had to revert back to router mode to make them work wired with switches in between when I tested this with v10.11. They broke something in v10.11 for AP mode.
- My satellites were wireless and did not get picked up in AP. Just the router was available in AP on the latest firmware.