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jkevincook
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Oct 03, 2020
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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...
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    jkevincook
    Oct 11, 2020

    Mikey94025 Mstrbig 

    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!

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jkevincook
Aspirant
Oct 11, 2020

Mikey94025 Mstrbig 

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!

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Mstrbig
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Oct 11, 2020
jkevincook wrote:

Mikey94025 Mstrbig 

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.