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Wired satellite not showing up on Attached Devices
I'm having this exact issue, and it's driving me insane. Just picked up a RBK963. Everything working great, but I need to put the router into AP mode. So I did that, and all was well (as long as I us...
That page really isn't helpful, unfortunately. If I connect my main RBR to the LAN port, I get no Internet at all in AP mode (magenta light and no access to the outside world). It has to be connected to the WAN port.
What that page is showing is that Orbi systems expect that satellites can be 'wired' only to their LAN ports.
The WAN port is always connected to "the internet".
That page is not showing what the WAN port is connected to because the WAN port is always connected to the internet source (ISP modem, ISP ONT, ISP combination modem/router/WiFi, customer pfSense or Firewalla, customer Edgerouter.... whatever.)
By putting a switch between the Edgerouter and the Orbi, many people decide to connect satellites to the switch rather than to the Orbi LAN ports. The router thus cannot "see" the satellites.
I see. Well, I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do now. Sorry, - would you mind explaining what the solution is here for all 3 units to see each other? Above it seemed like it was just the main Orbi that needs an additional ethernet LAN connection to my Edgerouter, but I'm not sure now if that's the only thing I need to do... - or if that's what I even need to do. This whole thing is befuddling.
With two Ethernet cables from the patch panel to each room, the key is to use both cables for the Orbi router.
ISP ONT -> Edgerouter-> bypass switch to patch panel->connect to Orbi WAN port over cable 1
Orbi router LAN port->cable 2 to patch panel -> to switch.
Everything else in the house, connect to the switch.
The only pathway from satellites to Orbi is through the switch to the LAN port.
They cannot sneak around to the Orbi WAN port because the only device connected to the Edgerouter is the Orbi WAN port.
I want to be very clear that the problem being solved is that wired satellites do not appear in Attached Devices when the Orbi is in AP mode. Wiring the network in this manner solves that problem.
A person could say, "I want the most efficient, highest performing network. I don't want every data packet going through the Orbi router when it could go straight from a device to an Edgerouter port, or through the switch directly to the Edgerouter." What I am saying is that is a different goal. Everything will work except the Orbi satellites will not appear.
It's a choice.
