Every few weeks some of the devices on my WIFI will suddenly stop working until I reboot pfsense
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@stephenw10 I did not specifically try accessing the devices from a wired client, but since the device itself says it can't get a signal and isn't connected to the wifi I suspect it wouldn't have worked.
I have a few devices connected to the router and the satellite via wired connection, and those devices all continued to work.
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What color are the LED lights on the Orbis when you have issues?
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@slimypizza I wanna say white, whatever the normal light is. The Orbi's both show up as working properly in their own settings. Which is in part why rebooting the Orbi devices doesnt seem to do anything.
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When you're checking that how are you reaching the Orbis? From a wired client I assume? On the same subnet?
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@stephenw10 Yes when I signed into the Orbi's to check their status I was using a wired PC on the same subnet
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Hmm, the only thing I could imagine is that some wifi devices will stop advertising the ssid if they lose upstream connectivity.
That could be happening if he 1100 is not responding for some reason.
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@stephenw10 The 1100 is connected to a netgear managed switch, and then the Orbi is plugged into that managed switch as well.
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Hmm, so not even bouncing the link...
Might need to run whatever tests might be possible from the Orbi when things can't connect to it. Try to find out exactly what's failing.
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@stephenw10 Is there a particular pfsense log I should keep my eye on when it happens?
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Hard to say. Check the system log. If the Orbi stops allowing connections because it loses it's DHCP lease or has DNS issues then I'd check those logs.
