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Orbi RBS850
Hi All, I own a RBR850 with 2 sattelites for 2 years and works amazing. Yesterday I bought a 3th sattelite to cover a bigger area (Garden for my lawnrobot) and been trying since then to add it t...
All RBS should be on same version of FW as the RBR. RBS need updating first prior to any updates applied to the RBR.
The main question is how I can do that?
I saw similar topics in the community, but these didn't work unfortunately.
Try this to see if this works:
What you need to do is factory reset the RBS. Wire connect a PC to the 1st satellite📡. Already have the most current FW version files downloaded on to this PC.Wire connect 1 PC to the back of the RBS. Factory reset the RBS, wait about 5 minutes. The PC will get a IP address from the satellite📡. The RBS will be 192.168.10.250 for Orbi AX. Use this IP address in a web browser to log in to the satellites web page. Log in as admin and password. Use the satellites 📡 web page FW update feature to select the FW update file that was unpacked from the .zip file. Then factory reset and then re-sync the satellites 📡 to the RBR.
- I tried your steps.
Connect with a wire to a pc, factory reset.
I get an IP from the sattelite and try to go to the given address and I get a notification that it’s unreachable
Factory reset is untill the light on the back stop blinking orange? What browser are you using? Try Firefox or Opera. Be sure to clear out all browser caches.
What IP address did you get on the PC from the RBS?
- I did it first in Google Chrome, Internet explorer and now firefox, but again no luck
IP is 169.254.212.149 Can try setting a static IP address configuration on your wired PC to 192.168.10.49 and 255.255.255.0. No gateway is needed. Then try 192.168.10.250 after about 5 minutes of resetting the RBS reset button for 15 seconds then release.
Tried it 3 times and no luck, I honestly don't know what to do anymore
I tried to add the router through the website and during adding I was able to find it.
Got the notification Pairing Successfull and on the satellite I have a solid blue light now, but it doesn't show up in the sattelites list?
What am I doing wrong?
So it has never showed up in on the RBRs web page at all?
What browser are you using?
Correct! I was not able to link it since the beginning.
It was an "add-on" router I bought.
Trying to link it through Chrome
