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Nearby device will not connect to satellite
I have the main router on Floor 1, and the satellite on Floor 2, which is 5 feet from the front door. I have installed a Ring Doorbell on the front door. However, it only connects directly to the r...
The problem is two fold. One, Orbi is NOT a mesh nework and two, Netgear has not figured out how to show the correct connections. There was a firmware that was supposed to fix it but it was "recalled". The latest 2.1.3.4 still has the connection display problem. One way to test this is to connect something by cable to a port on the satelite. If that shows as connected to the main Oribi you will have the answer.
Orbi is a mesh network if you enable “Daisy chain topology” under
Advanced>Advanced setup>Wireless settings
otherwise is a star topology. But if you have only a router and a satellite then it doesn’t matter