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Mills32
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May 01, 2024
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Netgear Orbi Satellite RBS50 bricked after update. Trying to TFTP to upload firmware. No Luck

I have 2 Orbi RBS50 satellites that are bricked and I have been trying to use various ways of TFTP to upload the firmware to them and nothing is working. I have tried Tftpd64, the Windows command prompt, and nmrpflash with no success.

 

The satellite blinks a white light 20 times when turned on before it starts to pulsate a white light (this continues forever). I have tested when the orbi satellite pings for 192.168.1.1 and it is on the 3rd blinking white light so I know exactly when to try to push the firmware. I even saw a post where someone said you have to have an earlier firmware for it to work and I tried the firmware ending in 104. I tried using a network switch as well because while trying to push the firmware it doesn't show connected in windows via ethernet until after the 18th-ish blink of light. The network switch should theoretically keep the connection the whole time which it seems as though it did but it still didn't work. I have tried at different times as well. I actually tried at every interval of the white blinking light with all 3 methods listed above.

 

If anyone had any ways of getting it to work I would appreciate it. Mostly looking for people that have actually got a satellite working again. The routers are easier for some reason.

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    Mills32
    Aug 01, 2024

    So I finally did get it to work. Nmrpflash was the ticket. I was able to do the second orbi within 2 tries so it's not a fluke. You need to start the nmrpflash pushing of the firmware a few seconds before actually turning on the orbi. Previously I was turning on the orbi first because I was able to get a 192.168.0.1 (not 192.168.1.250) ping from it on the 3rd white flash after turning on. Doesn't make sense to start nmrpflash first but it works. It didn't show that it worked on screen though. It wasn't until I was holding down the reset button and the LED went red for a second that I realized it. Before there was never a red light. Believe just orange and white. I could see the orbi satellite broadcasting and was able to connect. Just in case anyone wants to try to repeat this here may be a few key details. I pushed the old orbi firmware ending in 104 then from there could update to the newest. I used a Windows 10 laptop with an ethernet port while using the supplied white flat cable that came with the orbi.

     

    Good Luck!

    Shay

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