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Wired back haul better?
I have a Orbi RBR40 setup that replaced a Nighthawk router a while back, the WiFi is much better across our bungalow but we have been getting dropouts and I think it’s the satellite dropping - should...
I will measure, pretty sure it’s more than 30’ now I think about it
Switch is this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AYRZYG4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
FW is set to auto update so I assume that way!
Hopefukky ove added a map a map of my setup...
First try putting a check mark in Daisy Chain, save settings and reboot the router and satellite and see how it goes.
Hmmm not sure about ethernet thru two Sono's devices. :smileyfrustrated: Anything could be happening here...
I would try to connect the satellite more directly to the router or thru the ethernet switch if you see problems with the satellite...
I’ve only had problems with the wireless backhaul causing drop outs, I’m hoping going wired will sort that!
The Sonos connections are fine, just a slow hub - I could probably not use them now tbh as the setup was without the switch for a while on older routers with more ports!
What does the daisy chain option supposedly do when working?
Shimmyhill wrote:
The Sonos connections are fine, just a slow hub - I could probably not use them now tbh as the setup was without the switch for a while on older routers with more ports!
What does the daisy chain option supposedly do when working?
How many wired Sonos do you have? It seems that Orbi can't handle wired mesh speakers for now. Please test your setup after disconnecting all wired speakers and see if there will be any improvement. I had many "strange" issues when I had mesh speakers wired to Orbi that all gone after disconnecting the wired speakers and doing a system reboot.
Two are wired and the rest wireless
Is the Orbi not compatible with Sonos then?
I don’t have any major issues with Orbi outside of the backhaul dropping out, with it wired it seems pretty stable already as I would have expected the iPad to have lost wireless by now when moving between rooms and thus far it’s not!
Well sonos has been known to cause problems since they have there own wifi in some configurations.
Daisy Chain is if you have two or more satelliltes positioned in a line, you can have them connect to each other, piggy back off each other, like ina string of lights. When you don't have two or more or using wired back haul, Daisy Chain needs to be disabled. For some reason the new FW has it Enabled when the check mark isn't marked in the UI, so for your configuration on this version of FW, you need to put a check mark and this will DISABLE Daisy Chain. Only on this version of FW. This could be the problem as if your configuration had been working up to the new FW, then this is something to try out first...
Shimmyhill wrote:
I’ve only had problems with the wireless backhaul causing drop outs, I’m hoping going wired will sort that!
The Sonos connections are fine, just a slow hub - I could probably not use them now tbh as the setup was without the switch for a while on older routers with more ports!
What does the daisy chain option supposedly do when working?
