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RBS20 Remole Reboot
How can I reboot the RBS20 remotely?
Why can't I go directly to the RBS20 in a browser and there is NOT a selectable function to reoot the satellite?
What does this all mean?
I do not see this when I login through a browser directly to the RBS20.
Login to the satellite's Web-IF and access the debug.htm page. Turn on telnet and login via telnet to that satellite and type
reboot
Not exactly from directly from the management interface, but better then going there and pressing the reset button or power cycle the unit. However, if you still can reach the satellites Web-IF, then rebooting it hardly isn't necessary, is it? The question is, why do you want to reboot the satellite, anyway?
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RBSs have never been supporting of remote access or reboots. Users have asked about this. Only NG engineering and design know this.
So in this case, I placed a networkable managed power strip that has a web page that has remote power OFF functions that I can use to power OFF my RBS then back on.
FURRYe38 wrote:So in this case, I placed a networkable managed power strip that has a web page that has remote power OFF functions that I can use to power OFF my RBS then back on.
Cleaver idea. I would have expected that the power strip would be connected to the satellite, so when it killed power, the loss of power would in turn kill the power strip. Can you please explain more about "how this works"?
Well your close. No this is a managed network power strip which has it's own power connection to the wall out let. The strip is LAN connected to your network. The strip has it's own web page with power ON and OFF settings and features. The RBS's power adapter is plugged in to this managed power strip. Selecting the power port in the strips web page will turn OFF or back ON the port where the power adapter is plugged into the strip. Some have two power ports, some have more:
Like FURRYe38 , I would be interested to know the reason why the satellite needs to be rebooted remotely, and exactly what is meant by "remotely." i.e. (a) somewhere else in the house, but not in the same room as the satellite, or (b) outside the house and the Orbi LAN.
The instructions for using telnet to reboot an Orbi router or satellite are great from inside the LAN (where walking would probably be faster), but become vastly more complicated from outside the LAN.
The couple of times i've tried the reboot from telnet, the RBS never came back to ready. I had to power cycle the RBS. :smileyfrustrated:
I have a garage about 50' from my house and I have a Cat6 Cable from the rbs50 connected to my rbr50. Remotely is loging into the rbs50 via IP through a browser. Telnet does not work at all. Seems the rbs50 will not accept a telnet session through the PowerShell on Win10.
Seems there would be a simple way for being the manager to easily do this without issue.
Thanks for clarifying the need. This is much more "doable" than "remote from outside the LAN."
Perhaps the instructions were not clear.
- Learn the IP address of the Orbi satellite (from the Attached Devices page)
- Open a web browser to the satellite debug page with http://<ip of satellite>/debug.htm
- On the debug web page, check the box labeled "Enable Telnet"
- Open the command environment. (I use a "CMD: Box", but PowerShell should be about the same.)
- Start telnet. I type
telnet <ip of satellite>, such as telnet 192.168.1.2 - The login prompt will come up. Enter the login credentials: "admin" and the administrative password.
- A linux prompt will come up, something like RBS50#
- At this point, type in the command
reboot
Is this exactly the procedure you followed?
I dare not test this until the family leaves the house. FURRYe38 reported that it did not work for him.
