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Purple router ring- RBR50
To whom it may concern: My router ring color is purple. In an attempt to fix it, I changed from Router Mode to AP Mode. No change in ring color. I was looking for the post that talked about rout...
Depending on how much effort has been put into customizing the Orbi configuration (assigning IP's, giving names to devices, etc.) the easiest step is to do a Factory Reset and start over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMw4ePACgc4
(In my case, a reconfiguration takes me over two hours and it is my last resort when every other possible effort has failed.)
Router LED and Ring colors are explained here:
https://kb.netgear.com/31030/What-do-the-LEDs-on-my-Orbi-mean
There must be at least one router in the network, either the ISP device or the Orbi. If the ISP device is "only a modem", then the Orbi cannot be placed in Access Point (AP) mode.
Depending on how much effort has been put into customizing the Orbi configuration (assigning IP's, giving names to devices, etc.) the easiest step is to do a Factory Reset and start over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMw4ePACgc4
(In my case, a reconfiguration takes me over two hours and it is my last resort when every other possible effort has failed.)
