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My orbi 970 Mesh satellite has two separate Macs and two separate ip
I have orbi wifi 7 970 3 pack which means I have two satellites and a router, I notice the satellites have two separate ip, meaning the ip address of both satellites are different, since its a mesh shouldn't the ip be the same ? and if so could that be the cause of the transition from one satellite to the next drop signal? two different Mac two different ip.
(Caveat: some Orbi features that have been around for YEARS have disappeared with the WiFi7 products. I do not have one and cannot check personally.)
On my old Orbi, the log can be found on the web interface, Advanced Tab:
My system allows me to email the log to myself every time it fills up (or at least it has up until the latest firmware version. (I should check) I hear that the WiFi7 Orbi dropped that feature.
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the addresses have to be different as the IP address is per device. If they had the same, one of them wouldn't work.
Ok with that said back to the drawing board lol
There are several very long conversations about the new 970 product and newer phones dropping the WiFi signal when moving between Orbi units. Scroll through the topics on this forum:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-7-BE-Mesh-Systems/bd-p/en-home-orbi-be
such as this one:
Please take a look at both pictures as wireless shows connected orbi to be the same but wired is different
MAC AND IP addresses of each RBS should be different regardless of wireless or wire connected.
