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MR80: Satellites become unusable after time while main router is fine?
I am trying to solve an issue with the MR80 that's being used in a roughly 2200 square foot home. The main router is located next to the modem in the basement of the house. Satellite 1 is located in ...
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/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
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StrixKuriboh wrote:
I completely forgot about this but your suggestion did end up being the solution. Removing one satellite has made the entire system much more stable. The current setup is the main router in the basement and one satellite on the other far end of the houses first floor. Everything seems to work without a hitch and I have had it running this way for months now. Thank you.
Let us know how it turns out.
New satellites are in. Worked good for a few days. Back to 5mbps on the satellites again. And this is with doing a full fat reset on the whole thing. I Reset the router and both of the new satellites and completely redid the network from scratch. This is absolutely unbearable. Not only does this mean that the satellites weren't the issue. It means I just wasted my time and money shipping them back to Netgear and I still have nothing to show for it. Words cannot describe how much I want to throw this thing out of the nearest window.
In all seriousness the behavior has changed from before. Now the satellites sometimes revive themselves back to full speed after an amount of time and I have no idea what is causing this. It doesn't always stick but it certainly is odd to see the speeds and ping bouncing back and forth like this. Will keep investigating.
Id try just the MR and just one MS. Placed say 25 feet away from the MR.
Wondering if building materials are at play here.
I completely forgot about this but your suggestion did end up being the solution. Removing one satellite has made the entire system much more stable. The current setup is the main router in the basement and one satellite on the other far end of the houses first floor. Everything seems to work without a hitch and I have had it running this way for months now. Thank you.
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/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡
StrixKuriboh wrote:
I completely forgot about this but your suggestion did end up being the solution. Removing one satellite has made the entire system much more stable. The current setup is the main router in the basement and one satellite on the other far end of the houses first floor. Everything seems to work without a hitch and I have had it running this way for months now. Thank you.