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Tutor

Feb 08, 2018

Orbi Ethernet Backhaul

I recently bought the Orbi RBK-44-100NAS 4 pack and had a question about connection possibilties, the system is currently setup as 1 router and 3 wireless satelites but I live in a house the has mult...

Initiate

Jul 07, 2018

I had some similar issues with RBK23 (AP-mode, 2.1.4.16) and thought about resetting to factory settings. But everything worked fine by starting in the right sequence:
- switched everything off + disconnected all ethernet, except WAN to internet
- started router + wait 5 mins
- start 1st satellite + wait 10 mins
- start 2nd satellite + wait 10 mins
- connect ethernet to 1st satellite + wait 10 mins
- connect ethernet to 2 nd satellite + wait 10 mins
- reconnect all other ethernet devices

To my surprise ... everything is running smooth now.

RocketSquirrel

Luminary

Jul 07, 2018

Success with Orbis seems random. Initially, wired backhaul killed my network. Now, it works perfectly. I can’t explain it. Ron-68’s suggestion of allowing time between device connections sounds right to me.

If it takes up too much of your time, return the Orbis & get something else.