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an RBS850 satellite has specific password
I am facing a strange issue, One of my two RBS850 satellites, properly connected to the RBR850, has a misaligned consolde password: it is still based on default "admin/password" (not admin/admin) ...
sorry, didn't mean a factory reset of router, just the satellite.
I'd try that first.
I didn't try yet but took note of the recommended solution to "turn-off atellite, remove satellite from admin console of router, then re-add satellite)
I will confirm if it works when i find the time to test the procedure
I just did try:
- I removed the satellite
- I turned on then pressed the reset button of the satellite until the small LED next to id became green again
- I wanted to re-add the satellite but the procedure was not 100% as axpeced: the satellite never came to a stable white color before I could press sync: it was slowly blinking (fade-in/fade-out)
- eventually, I pressed sync on the router then on satellite and it became fixed blue
...but the password of the satellite console is still the default admin/password, and strangely the router "remembered its name"
So I have the feeling that the satellite actually reconnected and sync'ed in the very same situation. Unresolved.
One hint: I wonder whether the satellite could have connected in "daisy chain mode" first before it switched to the most rapide 5G to the router from which it stands.What does the status for the RBS say on the RBRs web page? If it says Out Of Sync, then this maybe one reason why the RBS PW hasn't changed to same as the RBR.
When you re-synced the RBS, did you try in same room as the RBR when you pressed the sync button on the RBS and RBR?
the backhaul status appears as "good".
However, in the graphical representation on the IOS app the link between the satellite and the router is now a dotted line. But for the rest it works find (except for the fact that its console password is unaligned).
Such dotted line seems to be normal and reflecting à WIFI connectivity (versus Ethernet for a plaint line) according to https://kb.netgear.com/000061800/What-do-the-lines-and-colors-in-the-Orbi-Network-Map-mean
however imho it was always a plain line in the past. Strange.
