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rpcathey
Aspirant
Mar 23, 2022

Flashing Amber on 1 plug in satellite

We have an Orbi Mesh system that we use with a fiber optic internet connection. We have 3 plugin satellites and 1 is flashing amber and we can't get it to do anything else. We did a factory reset on t...
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rpcathey
Aspirant
Mar 31, 2022
Thank you for the help, but we do have the RBW30, plus I only have an Android phone and Ipad with me. Our main router works fine as well as 2 of the satellites. The 3rd satellite that has the amber light may have been exposed to rain, although not directly.
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 31, 2022

moisture is the death of electronics. 

And if its a rbw30 with the issue, you're a little bit stuck as there isn't a factory way to hardwire into it to force new firmware to it. 

so you might be SOL

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    rpcathey
    Aspirant
    Mar 31, 2022
    Thank you, that's what I suspected but wanted to see if others thought the same thing.