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bloosqr
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Oct 20, 2026
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RBE970 satellite does not bridge traffic between its own 5 GHz and 6 GHz clients (V12.1.11.15)

System: RBE971 router + 3x RBE970 satellites, all on firmware V12.1.11.15 (no newer firmware offered). Main SSID on 5 GHz + 6 GHz, WPA2-PSK + WPA3-Personal mixed mode, 5 GHz channel 40. IoT SSID is s...
  • bloosqr's avatar
    Oct 20, 2026

    The power cycle did not work ... but donawalt you are still a genius. I ended up doing a full factory reset of the 970, deleting it from the mesh, adding it back in and now the 5 ghz and 6 ghz devices all talk to each like normal devices!!

    Thank you so much!