LovelyBrook wrote: > Ok. I have read everything above and followed all the links. > > I apologise for speaking in simplistic terms but here are current > questions. One of the links took me to a 15 page thread that got into a > lot of very technical stuff re versions, updates, bugs, reprogramming > radios through direct logins, etc. I dont have time or skills for that > so have to hope that something less technical can fix my problem. > > So far, from the discussion, it seems having double DHCP, firewall, etc > is the suspected culprit according to some contributors. > > Others seem to imply that the wireless 6 technology is the culprit and > if I turn off all wireless from the tmobile router modem, the double > DHCP issue may not be a true problem. Each device has its own basic (I > know this is the wrong term) address that I use to get to their web > interface and they are different, so having that IP address be the > same in both devices is not an issue. > > Some strongly advise AP mode which would fix the double issue. My > question re AP mode is whether it fixes the possible wireless 6 issue? > Going to AP mode is labor intensive in terms of what appears to be > creating a new network and reconnecting everything. > > I have a suspicion that the wireless 6 issue is the culprit and perhaps > does require very technical patches etc as in the long thread mentioned > above. If I am right, then hardwiring seems the easier solution. > People dont like power adapters but theoretically it supplies a > hardwire fix. The one SB radio I have plugged in on ethernet to the > Orbi is still going strong. I am going to experiment with it using an > old power hardwire adapter I use for a weather station. This has been > working fine for years. (This could be a Saturday night live routine > pretty soon.) > > Many suggest the LMS needs to be hardwired. But my LMS is on a computer > that is on the wireless Orbi mesh system and it is speaking to the > hardwired SB radio just fine. I plan to try to hardwire the LMS > computer to the Orbi and then experiment with an SB radio on the orbi > wireless to see if that combination makes a difference. > > So, my current questions are: > > is it worth trying AP mode if you believe wireless 6 is the issue? > > Are there other types of adapters for each SB radio other than powerline > adapters that will convert or transform the wireless 6 signal into the > older version of n protocol wireless signal? I saw some links to > wireless extenders that plugged into power, then appeared to have a hard > wire ethernet cable into a device. I am wondering if these might tame > the wireless 6 issue. I have no idea what they are doing in a super > technical way in converting the wireless signal into something going > through a cable. > > Sorry not to be an IT pro, but probably there are other civilians who > can perhaps follow some of this and figure out fixes for the > non-technical SB system fans. > > Thank you in advance. > > LB > > Update #1: > > SB Radio "hard wired" via power adapter working fine. > > Putting laptop with LMS on ethernet wired connection to Orbi doesn't > seem to make a difference. The SB's I try to hook wirelessly to Orbi > will play for 5 min then disconnect. It made it more likely, they would > connect at all, but they don't stay connected. > > There is a router setting on Orbi that allows me to "disable" ax > features on either 2.4 and/or 5.0. Going to try to disable on 2.4. Not > sure if these are the related features to "wireless 6" that may be > causing trouble. > > :) > > Update #2: > > We may have a solution. Disabling "ax features on 2.4" in the Orbi > router interface (Advanced/Setup/Wireless seems to have done the trick. > I have 3 SB's running on Orbi mesh wireless communicating with LMS, > playing library and streaming. Two are even synced without problems. > Now it is a matter of time and longevity of connection. Has been an > hour. New record. > > A bonus: my older security cameras started falling off the Orbi network > also. They would not recognize the main network, only the [Name of > Network]_EXT SSID. That worked initially but after 10 days was getting > shaky. When I disabled the ax features, the cameras recognized the main > network and the connection now seems solid. > > So, barring surprises, I seem to have solved my problem related to Orbi, > SB's, and old cameras. I will report back if there are additional > problems. > > Maybe you techie folks can figure out how this helped. Have no idea > what wireless protocol is running on 2.4 now with "ax features disabled" > but it works. I am happy not to go to AP mode and happy (at the moment) > not to mess with DHCP. > > Happy Saturday, > > LB
Please read my earlier updates from today. All problems have been solved. Thanks all for your good brains. I apologize to be in whatever works mode, but it is definitely working now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LovelyBrook's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114379
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