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rslopez271
Aspirant
Oct 06, 2023
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RBR20 won't stay connected after power failure

We recently had a SEVERE storm and a power failure. After regaining power, my RBR20 MESH system will connect but only stay connected for about 5 minutes then drops. I have my system routed through a ...
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    rslopez271
    Oct 14, 2023

    UPDATE: after coming close to giving up, I tried setting up Orbi's via my wife PC rather than my cell. There's an option to select setting up with an older cell so I tried that. We both have "current" cells but I tried the :older" option and it worked. I had deleted the app on my cell and reinstalled it prior but that didn't work. As it turned out we're back to normal and all is fine. Thanks to all that made suggestions, really appreciated your input.

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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 07, 2023
rslopez271 wrote:

We recently had a SEVERE storm and a power failure.

Storms are a very good way of wrecking electronic kit.  No surge detector or UPS can squelch voltage spikes from a lightning strike.

 

 

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    rslopez271
    Aspirant
    Oct 07, 2023

    I use both a transformer and UPS's for all my electronics but sometimes they don't always work. Cse in point is that my Ethernet adapter that plugs into the SL router died.