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Firmware 2.2.1.210 released as of 10/3/18
New firmware is available via the GUI ....
Let's hope for success.
Can't bloody downgrade it to .16 anymore! Everytime I have manually updated it to old FW, it automatically bumps it up :O :(
Also, please see my other threads in regards to having ANYTHING plugged in to its ethernet ports on start up/powering up. It will KILL all bandwidth as at least one of the units will think it is plugged in Wired mode, not 5G (I assume it is thinking that it is pairing up via Ethernet backhual mode?), but in reality, it is imposible for units to communicate with each other this way as anything i have plugged into ethernt port would not be creating a loop or extending the nwtork in anyway possible.
I would do as BullyTerrier did:
What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
What is the Mfr and model# of the ethernet switch if one is in the configuration.
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try disabling the following and see:
MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
For wired back haul:
Set up IP address reservations for each satellite and devices on the router as you add them to the router. The satellites need to be set up via wireless first. Then connect 1 satellite at a time to the ethernet LAN cable. Wait 5 minutes and the top led on the satellite should turn on BLUE. Set up an IP address reservation for the 1st satellite. Continue to do the same thing for the 2nd satellite. Then follow up with your devices.
deesto wrote:
Can't bloody downgrade it to .16 anymore! Everytime I have manually updated it to old FW, it automatically bumps it up :O :(
Also, please see my other threads in regards to having ANYTHING plugged in to its ethernet ports on start up/powering up. It will KILL all bandwidth as at least one of the units will think it is plugged in Wired mode, not 5G (I assume it is thinking that it is pairing up via Ethernet backhual mode?), but in reality, it is imposible for units to communicate with each other this way as anything i have plugged into ethernt port would not be creating a loop or extending the nwtork in anyway possible.
My firmware updated automatically over night and everything seems to be working except that system doesn't know what kind of connection it has for anything connected to the satellites that is 5g. For all the devices that are connected to a satellite and have a 5g connection it says unknown for connection and the names of those devices are glitched and do not appear correctly. It shows this in the mobile app and the web interface. My satellites are connected wirelessy. Should I factory reset to fix this? I'm pretty sure someone else said that a factory reset did not fix the names and the connection types.
Heres what BullyTerrier did:
Ryan1919 wrote:
My firmware updated automatically over night and everything seems to be working except that system doesn't know what kind of connection it has for anything connected to the satellites that is 5g. For all the devices that are connected to a satellite and have a 5g connection it says unknown for connection and the names of those devices are glitched and do not appear correctly. It shows this in the mobile app and the web interface. My satellites are connected wirelessy. Should I factory reset to fix this? I'm pretty sure someone else said that a factory reset did not fix the names and the connection types.
Id re-read what i posted Furry. I tried all of those settings to NO avail.. and i tried a manual FW downgrade. but unit automatically uploads back up to .210!
I'm telling you: this FW is not well developed and still has a tonne of issues! Also, i'm not trying to do Ethernet backhaul. Quite the opposite. In fact i'm trying to make the units think the contrary. but evey time i plug an ethernet device on power start, the units when both satellites syncing up on power start, one of them goes in Wired Mode and kills all the wifi bandwidth
I know you manually downgraded. Did you download the lastest version and manually update like BullyTerrier did and factory reset and set up from scratch? Seemed to work for him. Something to try.
Have you set up the wired mode from scratch by first adding the satellite via wireless, then once it's connected there, then connect the ethernet cable between the router and satellite, wait 5 minutes for the top led to turn on BLUE?
deesto wrote:
Id re-read what i posted Furry. I tried all of those settings to NO avail.. and i tried a manual FW downgrade. but unit automatically uploads back up to .210!
I'm telling you: this FW is not well developed and still has a tonne of issues! Also, i'm not trying to do Ethernet backhaul. Quite the opposite. In fact i'm trying to make the units think the contrary. but evey time i plug an ethernet device on power start, the units when both satellites syncing up on power start, one of them goes in Wired Mode and kills all the wifi bandwidth
You are NOT getting it!
"Have you set up the wired mode from scratch by first adding the satellite via wireless, then once it's connected there, then connect the ethernet cable between the router and satellite, wait 5 minutes for the top led to turn on BLUE?"
I'm NOT trying to set up the Wired Mode! I want them to sync up 5G even if a network device (NAS!) is plugged in on a satellite! But satellite INSIST on starting up as wired mode even though it HAS synced in 5G, but shows incorrectly. THEN because of that, it kills ALL wifi bandwidth 3fold.
ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME is to start them up WITHOUT any ethernet plugged at the back of ANY RBK53 unit, and then once all in 5G, then plug network devices. again, i insist, i am NOT trying to set them up in Ethernet backhaul AT ALL WHATSOEVER.