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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 ...
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.
At the end of your 50 foot cable in the garage, install a 5 port non managed non green external ethernet LAN switch. Connect your RBS to this LAN switch with a patch cable. Near this same location, install a 2 port remote managed power switch. Connect this power switches LAN port tos the 5 port LAN switch. Plug in the RBS power adapter to one of the power ports on the remote managed switch.
Using a PC in the home, and having already setup the remote power switches web page. Use the remote power switches web page from a PC in the house to access it's web page to turn OFF and back ON the power port on the remote managed switch where the RBS power adapter is plugged into. This will turn ON or OFF the power to the RBS.
Spanky_Partain wrote: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.
Well, what a DISASTER. Logged into the satellite, typed telnet "reboot" command. Satellite dropped the telnet connection (as expected). Satellite web page would not refresh (as expected). Strangely, the router "Attached Devices" screen showed backhaul "Good" at 5G.
Waited... waited... waited. Eventually the satellite ring light turned MAGENTA. No response from the satellite. Turned power off, waited, turned power back on. Same thing. Wait, wait, wait, ring light turns magenta. Router still says connected "Good". OK. Pressed the "Reset" button for 2 seconds. Same thing. Wait, wait, wait, ring light turns magenta. Finally, did "Factory Reset" on satellite. NOW, it comes up BLUE and "all is good."
So, my experience was even worse than FURRYe38 . The telnet "reboot" command did NOT reboot. It nertsed my satellite.
