If your orbi satellite s ring lights solid magenta or pulses magenta move the orbi router closer to your orbi satellite.
Orbi satellite blue but not connected.
If the power led does not light press the power on off button.
If the orbi satellite successfully syncs with the orbi router the orbi satellite s ring led pulses white then lights solid blue to indicate a good connection and then turns off.
Connect your satellite to a power source.
Bought a rbw30 ac2200 satellite add on but it will not connect to my existing orbi system rbk50 ac3000.
Yes the main modem router provides me the wireless wifi for the main house with the camera orbi connected.
Wait for the bottom light led to light white.
I m sure that when i initially went through that process some of the devices would not connect to the unitary orbi mesh 2 4 5 signal.
Connect your computer or mobile device to the orbi router or satellite with an ethernet or wifi connection.
To manually sync your satellite with your router.
If your orbi satellite ring is solid blue for 90 180 seconds the connection between your orbi router and satellite is good.
We recommend getting your orbi router and satellite closer to each other.
Satellite is not showing up on orbilogin or orbi app even though it is connected blue light so i uploaded the latest firmware again 1 4 0 34.
The power led on the back of your orbi satellite lights.
If the led rings are solid magenta for 90 180 seconds your router and satellite failed to sync.
The following is the led behavior during booting.
Orbi satellite won t connect despite blue ring it was 1 12 0 18 but i found out the satellite never upgraded and was still a lower firmware.
I just guessed my satellite s login since i couldn t see the 192 168 1 x number of the satellite since it wasn t connected.
But for some reason when the orbi is connected to the modem router i can still get a strong wifi signal out to the tiny house surroundings outside the main house but then no internet connection pops up on my device.
I don t know if the firmware on the devices has improved the setup process or something on the orbi side has changed but i did not even have to take advantage of the great tip from furrye38 about disabling.
Place your satellite in an area near your orbi router.
If your orbi satellite ring is solid magenta it is unable to obtain an ip address from your router or unable to your router.
The ring flashes white then turns blue then turns magenta no matter where i place it and it never shows up in the list of connected devices even when blue.
Still could not see the satellite in the software but the satellite was connected as evidenced by the blue light on the satellite.
If the led rings are solid blue for 90 180 seconds your router and satellite successfully synced.