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JMU1998's avatar
JMU1998
Luminary
Dec 19, 2017

Orbi firmware v2.1.1.16 discussion

do we need to do nvram wipe for this 2.1.1.16 Firmware just released today? noticed it downloaded automatically. 
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orbirick's avatar
orbirick
Apprentice
Dec 31, 2017

While looking at my connections to answer a question above, I decided to pull the cable running from the RBR50 to my PC, and run the cable from the office Gb switch to the PC. Somehow in the process, I managed to dislodge the patch cable running from the RBR50 to the Gb switch which obviously killed my interenet.

 

No big deal, I simply replugged the patch cable back into the switch, and for good measure, decided that 7 days up time was good enough and rebooted the router.

 

Before I rebooted the router, I noticed a slight change in the Show statistics page. Earlier looks at this page showed LAN 1 and LAN3 up, but LAN2 down. After the cable mishap, I noticed LAN1 and LA2 were down. The reboot didn't change anything.

 

What exactly does LAN1, LAN2, and LAN3 indicate? Is that the wireless backhaul LAN?

 

For good measure, I hit resync on the router, then hit the resync buttons on both satellites within 2 minutes. The top lights appeared to cycle normally and are now back off.

 

What does this tell me?

 

orbirick's avatar
orbirick
Apprentice
Dec 31, 2017

Here's the stats screen from 3 days ago showing LAN1 up.

 

  • rawmill's avatar
    rawmill
    Star
    Dec 31, 2017

    I believe that LAN1, LAN2, and LAN3 are the ethernet ports on the router.  

    • orbirick's avatar
      orbirick
      Apprentice
      Dec 31, 2017
      rawmill wrote:

      I believe that LAN1, LAN2, and LAN3 are the ethernet ports on the router.  

      Well that would be too easy! And you must be right as port 3 is the only port I am currently using with a patch cable from the router to the office switch.