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Issue with Orbi RBR50
If you are connecting your Orbi router and satellite together via ethernet, there is no need to have the radio backhaul channel active, yet there is no way to turn this off in the software.
In my case the channel is impacting on my AV senders I use within the house.
It would be nice is Netgear upgraded the software to enable the deactivation of the radio link when not needed and hence reduce the 5GHz radio polution within the house.
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Probably "preaching to the choir" in this forum. Netgear has a forum where people make suggestions:
Thanks, There looks like other s in that forum that have suggested similar things.
Robert
rwilliams1 wrote:
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It would be nice is Netgear upgraded the software to enable the deactivation of the radio link when not needed and hence reduce the 5GHz radio polution within the house.
- Disable Daisy Chain to stop the backhaul channels in the Satellites.
- Telnet to Orbi Router and do the following commands to stop the backhault channel in the Router:
- config set endis_wla_2nd_radio=0
- config get wl5g_BACKHAUL_AP
- ifconfig $(config get wl5g_BACKHAUL_AP) down
- config commit
I tried to use Putty to telnet into the RBR, but it's failing. Is there anything special I need to do to enable Putty to connect? I have left the setting as default.
Thanks
Robert
rwilliams1 wrote:
I tried to use Putty to telnet into the RBR, but it's failing. Is there anything special I need to do to enable Putty to connect? I have left the setting as default.
Telnet is turned on using the Orbi "debug" page. i.e. 192.168.1.1/debug.htm. Any telnet client will then work. I, personally, use Putty because Putty makes it easy to save a complete log of the session.
I'm trying to separate the Wifi 2.4 GHz and 5GHz bands but I can't get telent to connect to the Orbi Home. I enable telnet at 192.168.1.1/debug.htm and type telnet 192.168.1.1 into the Windows Powershell but I get no response from the Orbi Home. Why isn't telnet responding on the Orbi Home?
Is Telnet Client check-marked on the Control Panel, Programs & Features, Turn Windows features on or off"?
Yes. If it wasn't Windows would give an error message when entering the telnet command. As it is, it doesn't give any error message, it just doesn't connect... there is no response from the Orbi Home after entering telnet 192.168.1.1.
You can easier disable 5Ghz SSID by disabling the 5Ghz SSID Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings. No need to go thru all the telnet hassle anymore.
