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RBR50 just started blinking white out of the blue. Won’t reset.
Was working away at home as I normally do when I lost all Internet. Looked over at my RBR 50 router and noticed it was slowly blinking white. No matter what I did I could not get the Wi-Fi to see the ...
Has a power off for 1 minute then back ON with the ISP modem and Orbi system been performed?
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
https://kb.netgear.com/31030/What-do-the-LEDs-on-my-Orbi-mean
Yes. Powered it off for several mins sevearl times. Powered on with the modem connected and modem not connected. Tried hodling reset button in with paper clip Before power on, During power on POST and again after fully booted. Same results every time - just blinking white light at the top. I can Not get the RBR50 to ever actualy reset. b.t.w. I do see with every power-on, the LED right by the power button on the back does briefly turn Red then Green. I assume this is an indication of its POST process.
Normally, when it was working, this was fed by a Motorola MB8600 cable modem, but that information is irrelevant at the moment.
While doning all steps mentioned above, i"m contiueally watching teh SSIDs pop in on my iphone to see if I see the ORBI73 SSID show up. it never does. scanning the QR code on the front of the RBR50 to join that wifi never works.
Lastly - I did notice that "something" must have reset, becasue now the SSID tat WAS my home wifi network name no longer gets broadcast either. It's like the Orbi can't read its own factory firmware data to reset itself completely. the white light starts blnking the moment you power it up.
After pressing the reset button for 15 seconds then release, wire connect 1 wired PC to the RBR. Can you access the RBRs web page at 192.168.1.1? With out the RBR connected to the modem.
good thought. I tried that already. I did it again since you asked about it and I recorded a video this time so you could see first-hand.
Short answer is, it doesn't work.
If you watch the video, you'll have all you need to help me with next steps as you see them in the video. I did a 20 sec hold of the reset button just before starting this video. didn't have enough hands.
You need to disable the wifi and other connections in Mac Networking preferences, leaving only the ethernet connection enabled to make sure the Mac isn't trying to connect out thru the other connections.
The Orbi default SSID will not appear in the network connection list. To see the SSID, you need to select the wifi icon on the top tool bar to list the scan of available SSIDs. It would be listed there.
Jhgroenjes wrote:good thought. I tried that already. I did it again since you asked about it and I recorded a video this time so you could see first-hand.
Short answer is, it doesn't work.
If you watch the video, you'll have all you need to help me with next steps as you see them in the video. I did a 20 sec hold of the reset button just before starting this video. didn't have enough hands.