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Orbi RBR50 connects to Internet but devices don't
Thanks in advance for any community responses and assistance! Summary: My Orbi connects to the internet, but devices (both wired and wireless) cannot connect to the internet. This is NOT a doub...
Really interesting:
I telnet-ed into the Orbi and noticed that resolv.conf was NULL. I editied it so that it contained working DNS, rebooted and viola!
System works!
Thanks Mikey94025 Mstrbig for all your assistance but I am going to assume I have a bad unit.
I've set the orbi to use ISP provided DNS and specified google and open DNS. No joy.
I used telnet to get into the Orbi command line and from there I could ping and Traceroute with no errors.
Also called Xfnity support and had them check traffic with my old router and the Orbi as AP and with the Orbi only as the router. As expected they saw zero traffic when the orbi was in router mode unless I was initiating traffic from the Orbi CLI.
I must assume that the orbi hardware is bad. Asking Netgear for a replacement.
Sad
Really interesting:
I telnet-ed into the Orbi and noticed that resolv.conf was NULL. I editied it so that it contained working DNS, rebooted and viola!
System works!
jkevincook wrote:Really interesting:
I telnet-ed into the Orbi and noticed that resolv.conf was NULL. I editied it so that it contained working DNS, rebooted and viola!
System works!
Now that is odd. That should be automatically updated after a factory update, DNS servers and IP address changes, etc.. You may want to report this as it could be a firmware issue.
I'm glad you figured it out and I'm saving your solution in case I run accross the same situation.
