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Bruber
Apr 12, 2022Aspirant
Wired device connection
I have a solar panel system that connects to monitoring servers via ethernet through my Orbi router. Or used to. This stopped working on Aug 22, 2021. I tried going from a DHCP connection to a stati...
CrimpOn
Apr 12, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Do I understand correctly:
- The solar panel network connection was working prior to Aug, 2021?
- One thing that might have changed last August was a new release of firmware for the RBR50 router. Although I personally had no problems with it, there were a number of issues reported on the forum.
A new firmware release was posted just recently, V2.7.4.24
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBR50.aspx#download
It might be worth taking a few minutes to download the new firmware and install it on the satellite and router. - With the solar panels being outside the house, that Ethernet cable connection might have been damaged.
- Where was the Wireshark capture conducted?
At the solar panel location?
At the Orbi location?
Using the Orbi debug 'Enable LAN/WAN Packet Capture'? - The normal IP subnet for Orbi systems is 192.168.1.x. Is this still the case with this system?
(It has not changed, for example, to 10.0.0.x?)
If you have a laptop computer with ethernet capability, I would be tempted to connect the laptop using that Ethernet cable to double check that the cable connection remains good.