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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...
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.
Thanks everyone for your help. I have re-worked my network given the suggestions below.
Wifi drops (was stable for months, but recently became unstable. Hub is Dell 6000 which is my workstation)
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Router
│
Switch
├────┐
│ Sat
│
Switch
├─────┬─────┐
│ │ │
Sat Hub Sat
Wifi drops + Hub connected but no internet (experiment where switch should be downstream from Sat - didn't work. Also took 2 of the satellites offline for experimenting)
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Router
│
Switch
│
Sat
│
Switch
│
Hub
Stable (has been for 24 hrs now :) by daisy chaining the satellites, and no downstream switch. All iPhones, iPads, Sonos and Ring devices enjoying stable wifi connectivity)
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Router
│
Switch
├───────┬─────┐
│ │ │
Switch Sat Sat
│ │
Hub Sat
Thank goodness I laid 2 ethernet cables down to the shed!
Still looking forward to the new firmware.
Stable (has been for 24 hrs now :) by daisy chaining the satellites, and no downstream switch. All iPhones, iPads, Sonos and Ring devices enjoying stable wifi connectivity)
Although it might not be practical (depending on where the cable runs are), you'd get the best performance if you connect the satellites directly to the router LAN ports, and then connect the switches to router or satellite LAN ports.
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.
I have re-worked the ethernet cales, and as the Router only has 4 ports:
- Internet from FTTP
- To 16 port switch
- To Satellite 1 in the shed's workshop, daisy chained to Satellite 2 in shed's office
- To 5 port switch in shed's worksop, to hub in office
everything is stable.
Thanks all
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡
