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No amber flashing light at all - bricked RBS50
Hello community, I got an apparently bricked RBS50 for free. The symptom currently is that the power LED in the back stays solid green no matter how many 30-30-30 methods, nothing on the top ring at all either.
Tried the procedure of tftp and the nmrpflash as well, simply could not get an ethernet connection between PC and the satellite.
Am I totally out of luck on this one? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Try something from here:
If it fails, you'll need to get a replacement, probably not for free though.
Hello ShinDiors ,
Welcome to the NETGEAR Community!
I understand that see a solid green light on your RBR50 even after factory reset. Please try disconnecting the power cable for 5 minutes then plug it in and check if you see the SSID being broadcasted. If it is connect to it then connect the ISP ethernet cable to the WAN port. If there is no broadcast of SSID then it is likely you will need a replacement.
Best,
Kevin
Community Team
KevinLiT The unit is a satellite RBS50 not router, and I do not think it ever completed a reset at all ever since I had it. The power LED stays solid green all along, never have any other color or even blinking.
Read a lot of relevant threads with the same symptom (solid green power indicator, no response to factory reset, not connecting to PC via ethernet even TTL etc.), and yet not seeing any report of successfully bringing it out of the solid green light status.
Hello ShinDiors ,
Thanks for the clarification!
Please try resetting your router then your satellite. After turn on your router verify functionality, then turn on your satellite and then attempt to sync to your router. If there sync is unsuccessful try to connect an ethernet cable from your computer to your RBS50 and use 192.168.1.1 as your system IP and 192.168.1.250 as your default gateway. You can then ping the IP address 192.168.1.250 or just put it in the search bar of your browser to establish connectivity. If you are able to connect to the satellite this way, there is a possibility that the issue with your Orbi system is that the satellite has a different firmware than your Orbi router. To fix this update the satellite firmware to match the current firmware installed on your Orbi router.
Best,
Kevin
Community Team
