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RBE971 V12.1.10.12 - satellites do not broadcast the IoT SSID (regression from V9.13.x?)
System: RBE971 router plus 2x RBE970 satellites, both on wired backhaul, both showing Good. Firmware V12.1.10.12_5.3.16. IoT network enabled, 2.4 GHz only, WPA2-PSK. Main SSID is WPA2+WPA3. Probl...
Update: flashed all three units manually to V12.1.11.15 (the Sept 4 release), satellites first, router last. Both RBE970s came back on wired backhaul, status Good. Then a full power cycle, router first, and waited.
Result is unchanged. The IoT SSID (custom name, not the default) is still broadcast only by the router. A WiFi scan from a device within range of both satellites shows each satellite broadcasting the main SSID and the backhaul SSID, but no IoT BSSID. The router's Attached Devices page shows 31 of 31 IoT 2.4GHz clients on the router (RBE971), 0 on either satellite. Main-SSID clients do attach to both satellites normally, so the satellites themselves are fine; only the IoT network is missing from them.
Settings: Enable IoT Network is checked (BASIC > Wireless), 2.4 GHz only, WPA2-PSK. I could not find any satellite-level IoT setting anywhere in the router web UI. Is there one in the Orbi app?
One more data point: on this firmware the Online Update page offers the satellites V9.13.2.1, which would be a downgrade.
Is IoT SSID broadcast from RBE970 satellites confirmed working on V12.1.11.15 for anyone else? krgoodwin, is your IoT network enabled from the router web page or the Orbi app?
Can you try this? Power OFF both RBS. Disconnect one from your TPLink unmanaged switch and directly connected behind the RBR. No switch in between.
Power ON the RBS and then let it sync, give 5-10 minutes.
Check your wifi scanning app for the IoT signal from the RBS...Is your RBR in router or AP Mode?
“Is IoT SSID broadcast from RBE970 satellites confirmed working on V12.1.11.15 for anyone else?”
Yes, I have many devices connected to RBE970 satellites on V12.1.11.15 but I’m on wireless backhaul.
