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Orbi RBR50 Dead (Wireless)
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.
It is nice having a couple backups! Having 2 RBR50's sitting in a closet makes some nice redundancy. I wouldn't even working about checking into fixing the first if you had 2 backups. If the first lasted 7 years, by the time you need the other backup, it'll be time to upgrade.
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Did you try reinstalling the firmware? Or a different firmware?
not saying it'll fix it and since you have a backup, might not be worth the time on an older system.
plemans wrote:Did you try reinstalling the firmware? Or a different firmware?
not saying it'll fix it and since you have a backup, might not be worth the time on an older system.
Yeah, thanks. I tried everything I could think of, including a total reset and reinstall (in fact, I installed 4 different revisions). Nothing.
Kind of strange since there were no power issues whatsoever and even the old, original power supply worked with the other RBR50. I swapped it out anyway, but I literally racked by brain, and spent the most of the day and into the evening trying to fix the old router. No radio!
Can try Voxels FW to see if that might kick it back:
Last resort would be 30-30-30 reset.
