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Can't add setellites to RBR750 in AP mode
I have an RBR750 router, running V4.6.5.14_2.0.54, with 2 satellites, all of which arrived from Amazon today. Because, when acting as a router, the RBK750 has rather limited firewall and DNS cap...
Thanks - from my end, the replacement kit arrived today - and so far it is all working.
If I had to guess the problem, I think it may be related to my attempt to use PPPoE
On my initial install, the modem and Orbi router were directly connecred. The Orbi app spent a long time "checking for internet" before asking for PPPoE details, and crashed a few times.
The two times I ran a setup from scratch with the orbi connected to a DHCP network, it worked very smoothly
In both cases, I set the kit up in routing mode (double NAT, yuck), upgraded the firmware, then changed to AP
Out of interest, what is the status of the linked to firmware? It seems to be more up to date than that on the Netgear website....I just want to be sure I haven't accidentally given the PLA a backdoor into my network :-)
Cheers for all youer help! I'll keep monitoring my kit for the next day or so to see how stable it is(n't). Fingers crossed!
Sounds good. Odd that PPPoE would effect the RBS not be able to sync in AP mode. Hmmm.
Ok well, where what I setup:
NG R7960P connected to CAX80 that runs in modem only mode. R7960P wifi disabled.
RBR750 first setup off line and not connected to anything. Kind of already had a configuration running in router mode. Only thing I did was update FW on both the RBS and RBR. Power them both OFF for a minute or longer then back ON. After the RBR and RBS were online while in router mode, The RBS showed being wired status to the RBR initally which it shouldn't have since I had not connected the ethernet cable as it was re-syncing the RBR after the FW update:
RBS web page showed wirelessly connected to the RBR:
I waited a few more minutes the the status for the RBS appeared correctly on the RBR:
After it seemed to be all up and running in router mode, I went in and configured AP Mode and set a static IP (192.168.0.75) on the RBR. After making the confuguration, I applied the change and the RBR rebooted. I connected the RBR to the R7960P at this point. RBR rebooted and came to ready with front LED OFF. RBS also came to ready however not after a 2nd reboot on it's own for some reason:
RBS disconnected on it's own and seem to reboot as I saw the front LED pulsate WHITE:
I waited a bit longer and saw the front LED turn BLUE again and found it re-connected on the RBR, this time with a different IP address:
After this it settled in and stayed and got a new IP address. Front LED turned OFF after a few minutes.
So I then connected my ethernet cable between the RBS and directly to the back of the RBR. Front LED on the RBS turned on BLUE:
I checked the RBS status page and showed the wireless was grayed out meaning it was ethernet connected:
Checked the R7960Ps connected clients page and showed both being connected and confirming same IP addressing:
All this was about 30 minutes ago. Just checking now on the RBRs web page, RBS still shows (wired) ethernet connected. Front LED on both are OFF.
I'll let this run for the next day or so and check on it to see if the status changes.