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lachlanwm
Sep 06, 2026Aspirant
Satellites wont connect iPhone & Sonos to wifi after 12 hours
I have an Orbi RBE771 router with three RBE770 satellites connected via Ethernet CAT6 back-haul through two unmanaged Netgear switches. The router and one satellite are in the house, the other two...
- Sep 13, 2026
Yeah I thought about doing that too, and will try connecting the Satellite in the shed directly to the router, but still daisy chained to the second Satellite. This will need a minor change to the cable run in the cupboard in the house.
FrumpyGrandpa
Sep 07, 2026Apprentice
lachlanwm wrote:I have set the fixed IP reservations in the LAN table referencing the MAC address of each device.
Just a technical "nit pick". The mechanism devices use to request IP addresses is DHCP, no matter whether the device has a 'reserved' IP in the LAN setup table or not.
When there is a networking problem, it is almost always a good idea to update to the newest firmware and verify whether the problem persists. Since this version was released on Sept 2, you will get to be one of the "Early Adopters".