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Orbi Lan connection issues
Hi! My orbi system (RBR50 with 2 RBS50) has been great, it provides strong and reliable wifi everywhere but recently a major bug has been troubling me. The system will randomly drop LAN communicat...
What arris box is it?
Brick walls are great for creating instabilities between router/satellites.
have you tried using powerline or moca adapters to hardwire in the satellites?
Hi,
The arris box has a model number of "CM8200" It really shouldnt be doing anything as its just a cable modem.
I agree that brick walls can cause instability, and that could be the issue, But due to them having a good backhaul signal i don’t think that’s the issue. I also believe this because it only happens to some devices, and not all of them at the same time which makes me to think its something else. Other then this, the system is great.
No I have not tried powerline ethernet.
Thanks for replying.
I would turn off all RBS and all wired and wireless devices. Maybe change the SSID name to something different temporarily. Then test with just the RBR alone with a wired PC. I'd check some pings between the PC and RBR. Check pings between the PC with the ISP Modem alone with out the RBR. Then add a RBS and check pings at the RBR again. Add any additional RBS while checking pings. Check stability. Change the SSID name back to what you had it at. Check stability again. Then add a wired device and check stability. Might see if you notice anything while graduating adding devices.
I have noticed when doing all of this is removing all my reserved IPs, except for some that’s needed, *seems* to have solved it. Such a strange issue as i thought reserved ips help the routers stability. Any ideas? Possibly a syncing issue between the satillites? I have resynced the satillites many times though.
Possbible conflict in reserved IPs vs dynamic maybe? You might start adding a IP address reservervation, one at a time, and see if the problem reappears. Be sure you reboot your devices after you apply the reservation on the RBR and the RBR gets rebooted as well.
I recommend setting a IP address reservation on the RBS as well. First thing I do when I set up a Orbi system.
