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rwilliams1
Aspirant
Apr 12, 2019

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 c...
ekhalil's avatar
ekhalil
Master
Apr 12, 2019
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.

  1. Disable Daisy Chain to stop the backhaul channels in the Satellites.
  2. Telnet to Orbi Router and do the following commands to stop the backhault channel in the Router:
    1. config set endis_wla_2nd_radio=0
    2. config get wl5g_BACKHAUL_AP
    3. ifconfig $(config get wl5g_BACKHAUL_AP) down
    4. config commit

 

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rwilliams1
Aspirant
Apr 14, 2019

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

  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 14, 2019
    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.

    • rwilliams1's avatar
      rwilliams1
      Aspirant
      Apr 14, 2019

      I don't see the debug page in the GUI.

      I'm in AP mode rather than router mode. Does that make a difference ?

       

      Robert

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        Apr 14, 2019
        rwilliams1 wrote:

         

        I'm in AP mode rather than router mode. Does that make a difference ?

         

        No.

         

        I am also in AP mode and can connect to debug.htm.

         

        Can you connect to the usual GUI page? Try doing that and then move on to debug.htm.

         

  • ekhalil's avatar
    ekhalil
    Master
    Apr 14, 2019
    You need to enable telnet in the Router by logging in to orbilogin.com/debug.htm and enabling telnet.
    • rwilliams1's avatar
      rwilliams1
      Aspirant
      Apr 15, 2019

      Sorry Guys, 

      I can log into the GUI but I don't see the debug page or option anywhere, and hence can't turn on Telnet.

      I've been throught the user manual too.

      Was this option taken away wihen the latest firmware was released ?

      Am I missing something ?

       

      Thanks

      • ekhalil's avatar
        ekhalil
        Master
        Apr 15, 2019
        It’s not in the “regular” GUI. It’s an additional Debug GUI that you can reach on orbilogin.com/debug.htm or 192.168.1.1/debug.htm