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RBR50 Lan Ports Not Working
Out of nowhere LAN ports on RBR50 have stopped working. WAN works great. Found this out as Smartthings hub went offline and Amazon video stopped playing. Will intermittently come back on of I reboot the router. Any ideas or is this hardware related?
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Are ethernet cables in good condition and quality. Some cables could be a cause.
I would disconnect all devices then connect up one wired PC and let it run. Check the connection. Then enable one of the other devices. Check for the problem. Graduate adding devices.
Any chance you have a external Gb network LAN switch avail to test with? You could connect up all devices to it and see if router still fails.
If anything pops up, could be a device issue or router maybe faulty.
Guapo_Apowrote:
Out of nowhere LAN ports on RBR50 have stopped working. WAN works great. Found this out as Smartthings hub went offline and Amazon video stopped playing. Will intermittently come back on of I reboot the router. Any ideas or is this hardware related?I have the same issue every day I have to reset my router once because LAN goes down sometimes WAN goes out too but everytime it starts with LAN
V2.1.2.18Is there a Fix
Would like a router to act like a router kind of pointless if it cant connect thingsWould need more info your experiences.
What is the Mfr and model of the ISP modem? built in router by chance?
Is the ethernet cabling between modem and router and devices of good quality? Cat6 recommended. Don't mix Cat# cables.
What ethernet devices are you connecting to the router?
Try the suggestions I mentioned to see any changes in behavior with the router. Graduate adding devices.
Brain29wrote:I have the same issue every day I have to reset my router once because LAN goes down sometimes WAN goes out too but everytime it starts with LAN
V2.1.2.18Is there a Fix
Would like a router to act like a router kind of pointless if it cant connect thingsmodem is a Motorola SURFboard SB6141 dirrect into the orbi
right now I have cat 6a but I have 5a and 8a on hand not sure why copper thickness or mix would make a router crash ???satallite is connected wireless
Cables could be bad or not of good quality.
Which devices do you have connected via ethernet cable with the router?
Guapo_Apowrote:
Out of nowhere LAN ports on RBR50 have stopped working. WAN works great. Found this out as Smartthings hub went offline and Amazon video stopped playing. Will intermittently come back on of I reboot the router. Any ideas or is this hardware related?ethernet devices
(unmanaged swtich) samsung smarttv
(unmanaged swtich) harmoney hub
(unmanaged switch) vontage phone servcie
(2 direct 1 switch) 3 workstations
(1 direct 1 switch) 2 raid servers (typically in idle)
there are no bad cables the switch goes down with everything else
There is power to all the lan ports but the orbi dose not deliever IP address or subnet
I can connect to the router via wireless most the time 2 out of 10 times both wifi and lan drop, most the time it is just the LAN
a simple reset fixes the problem
the satallite will drop (it goes megenta) - but I can connect to the base wifi (most the time)
*typically I would guess a memory leak of some kind but because it just effects LAN devices I'm not sure
I have unplugged everything and tested the router Lan still drops if I leave one workstation in
Dropping occures after 20+ hrs of run time
typically after I return home so maybe 2+ hours of idle connection
If I leave something like netflix on I haven't noticed a drop
At first I guessed it was because my google home and chromecast(lan) but I have had them unplugged for a good few weeks and the problem still occures. I aslo rewrote all my android phones to pre 8.0
my old asus rt56 has no issues like this (its old and slow needs to be replaced)Can you remove all switches and directly connect each device directly to the router and see if any thing changes?
What is the Mfr and model of the external swtich?
Brain29wrote:ethernet devices
(unmanaged swtich) samsung smarttv
(unmanaged swtich) harmoney hub
(unmanaged switch) vontage phone servcie
(2 direct 1 switch) 3 workstations
(1 direct 1 switch) 2 raid servers (typically in idle)
there are no bad cables the switch goes down with everything else
There is power to all the lan ports but the orbi dose not deliever IP address or subnet
I can connect to the router via wireless most the time 2 out of 10 times both wifi and lan drop, most the time it is just the LAN
a simple reset fixes the problem
the satallite will drop (it goes megenta) - but I can connect to the base wifi (most the time)
*typically I would guess a memory leak of some kind but because it just effects LAN devices I'm not sure
I have unplugged everything and tested the router Lan still drops if I leave one workstation in
Dropping occures after 20+ hrs of run time
typically after I return home so maybe 2+ hours of idle connection
If I leave something like netflix on I haven't noticed a drop
At first I guessed it was because my google home and chromecast(lan) but I have had them unplugged for a good few weeks and the problem still occures. I aslo rewrote all my android phones to pre 8.0
my old asus rt56 has no issues like this (its old and slow needs to be replaced)
Smartthings hub, Playstation 4 and Sony TV. Disconnecting and reconnecting seems to have fixed the problem...
