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Apprentice

Mar 10, 2019

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DISABLE LAN PORTS ON RBS50

I plan on putting the RBS50 (the satellite) in a family room / living room area. Guests would be able to access the internet through Guest-Mode Wireless. I want to prevent guests from being able to...

ekhalil
Mar 11, 2019
madhatter wrote:

......... I am assuming that this change would need to be re-applied after every RBS50 firmware update, correct? .......

Commited configuration changes will be stored in NVRAM and will be restored after system restart, power cycle or upgrade. It will also be stored in backup and can be restored.

Master

Mar 10, 2019

Try the following telnet command in the satellite:

> ifconfig $(config get dgc_netif_lan_phyif) down

Mentor

Mar 11, 2019

Does he have to use the command COMMIT afterwards?

madhatter
Apprentice
Mar 11, 2019
I've never used telnet on a router, but am certainly willing to try it ... I just need to know, what, exactly, I need to do.

Thanks
- ekhalil
  Master
  Mar 11, 2019
  madhatter wrote:
  
  ....... I just need to know, what, exactly, I need to do.
  
  .......
  
  From browser go to the router's debug page (http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm). Use your router's IP address or http://orbilogin.com/debug.htm
  
  Enter admin as user name and your router’s management password
  
  Tick "Enable Telnet" option
  
  Use Telnet from your computer to connect to your Router telnet 192.168.1.1 and enter admin and the same password as above
  
  Enter the following commands:
  
  config get dgc_netif_lan_phyif --> printout should be eth1 for RBS50
  
  ifconfig eth1 down --> use the value that you got from the previous command
  
  ifconfig commit
ekhalil
Master
Mar 11, 2019
Chuck_M wrote:

Does he have to use the command COMMIT afterwards?

Absolutely, the following commit command is needed:

ifconfig commit