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Orbi 970 startup issues with 4 or 5 satellites
We purchased an Orbi 970 with 3 satellite and added 4 all connected through a netgear 10g ethernet switch. We noticed some issues on boot up where they may boot up as wireless, or stuck in config sy...
Sometimes it can be difficult to determine if networking issues are caused by problem with the Ethernet cables.
(10G is "pushing it" a bit for in-wall cabling)
It might be a useful experiment to bring all six satellites to the location of the switch and connect them to the switch one at a time. As each is connected and powered up, it should appear on Attached Devices with a status of 'Wired - Good'. If some satellites do not connect correctly with this placement, there is no point in placing them in remote locations.
I believe the point of that Netgear article on maximum number of satellites is the effect of adding more traffic on the WiFi backhaul link and the effect it might have on performance. The ideal configuration would be all satellites as 'wired' and none of them connected over WiFi.
The WiFi7 forum contains a number of discussions of "10G". It is clearly the optimal network connection...... as long as it works!
So the firmware does not come up on automatic update. which is interesting. I guess I have to try manual update.
Remember the more recent Orbi systems appear to be sensitive to the order used in updating firmware. Satellites first. Router last.