Orbi RBS50 - iphone doesn't work with Satellite

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quasar273 wrote:

 

I have installed an RBS50 satellite at my home.  So when a device moves away from main router it connects to the satellite and works fine - except for one iphone that I have.  It is well in range of the satellite - but still looses connectivty.  

While troubleshooting, I found out that

1. Even in that room it was connecting to the main router

2. In the Orbi webpage - it was not shown under the connected device list

This was weird.  So on the iphone i chose to forget the network and connected again.  This brough it in the connected device list and the mobile started to connect to the satellite.  

However, it looses connectivity almost always.  

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Like many of the newest devices, iPhone default is to create a new MAC address each time it connects to a WiFi network.  I find this sort of behaviour confusing and not helpful.  There is a setting to say, "use the actual hardware MAC address".

It it correct that the iPhone works when connected to the Orbi router, but loses the connection when it moves away from the router and closer to the satellite?

Does the WiFi connection drop, or does the iPhone give some indication that it "does not have internet"?