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RBR50 Constant Random Disconnects
This issue has been happening for me since I bought this product in September of last year, randomly with no notice the RBR unit will reset MULTIPLE times in a row. Current *FORCED* Firmware is (2.7....
Raze48 wrote:
So my last attempt last night after the unit had dropped connection 10 times in 5 minutes was to download an older Firmware(2.7.2.104), disconnect the units from WAN and downgrade them. I then proceeded to Enable Telnet and 0 set the ~12 settings listed in another post on this forum.
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BOY WAS I WRONG... [Initialized, firmware version: V2.7.3.22] Sunday, February 27, 2022 03:52:44 ... As soon as it was put back on this garbage Firmware this started again (see picture). It's done sets of disconnects 3 more times since then.
Thanks for posting the screen shot. Would it be convenient to look at the Orbi log (under the Advanced Tab, Administration menu) and confirm that the router was rebooting constantly, rather than losing internet?
Blocking firmware updates using telnet is a 'solution' that no longer works. And, if it did work, any power failure will erase all those settings and the firmware will immediately update. There is a solution that is described in this article I found on the web: