Orbi RBR50 Dead (Wireless)

Question

Just a datapoint. My 7+ year old RBR50 just flat out died with respect to wireless functionality.

As for ethernet, it appears to be fine. However, absolutely no wireless signal after recycles, resetting numerous times, changing power supplies, etc, very strange but I suppose it happens.

Fortunately, I had a spare RBR50 sitting in my closet for several years and setting that thing up was a snap. My 3 SATS are still going strong.

FWIW.

plemans · Answer

Did you try reinstalling the firmware? Or a different firmware?&nbsp;
not saying it'll fix it and since you have a backup, might not be worth the time on an older system.&nbsp;

FURRYe38 · Answer

Can try Voxels FW to see if that might kick it back:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Voxels-FW-available-for-50-series-Orbi-only-available/m-p/1883615
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Last resort would be 30-30-30 reset.

tagteam · Answer

Thanks but, all things considered, I'm fairly confident this is a hardware failure.&nbsp;Zero radio signal and LED on the top is simply dead while ethernet works just fine. Anyway, the thing is toast at this point since the new setup is working great.&nbsp;Further, I still have another, unused and never set up, RBR50 (don't ask why I had two backups - lol).&nbsp;So, if the current RBR50 fails, then the backup gets placed into service and I start looking at quad band. 😉

FURRYe38 · Answer

Might go find a used RBR50 on places like ebay or shopgoodwill.&nbsp;
Or maybe time to find something newer.&nbsp;
Good Luck.

tagteam · Answer

FURRYe38&nbsp;wrote:Might go find a used RBR50 on places like ebay or shopgoodwill.&nbsp;Or maybe time to find something newer.&nbsp;Good Luck.Thanks.&nbsp;I pretty well fixed here for the time being with my (replaced) RBR50 and another spare in my closet.&nbsp;If I have to pull out the spare in the near future, then I'll be looking at picking up the 960 series or perhaps even the 970.

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