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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...

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

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
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
  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.