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sawall
Jul 11, 2018Aspirant
Orbi RBR50 - Internet status says Not Connected
I have an Orbi RBR50 (and a satellite). Looking at the status for the Internet, it says "Not Connected" (see image). But for the PC hardwired, it works, and wireless works - most of the time. I ca...
sawall
Jul 11, 2018Aspirant
I can try to connect the Orbi directly to the ISP modem and see if that matters / changes. It's from Spectrum (aka Charter), but I don't know the model. The firewall / switch is a Palo Alto.
FURRYe38
Jul 11, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Do you know if the ISP modem is a modem only or does it have a built in router?
- sawallJul 11, 2018Aspirant
I think it is a modem only. It passes the Internet IP directly to my firewall. But I would need to confirm. I will have to look up the model and I'm not able to do so at the moment.
- FURRYe38Jul 11, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Ok, just checking. Modem/Router combo units can cause some problems.
If your WAN port on the Orbi router is connected to the firewall, should see good connetion, however could be something minor that is causing the status not to read correctly...
Might be some work, however you could test the Orbi in Router mode directly connected to the ISP modem and then check it's status.