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alchemista's avatar
Mar 28, 2025

Has anybody solved the boot loop problem? Orbi RBS750 and others

There are many posts across the Internet about the Orbi devices getting into a boot loop, where it stays on for just about a minute and reboots. None of the typical methods work - 30-30-30, 1minute reset+, tftp, nmrpflash, etc. The device doesn't stay on long enough to boot up services like the web console or DHCP.

 

You can break the boot loop by holding down sync & reset as you power on the device, it goes to a yellow-state, and someone has showed that puts it into a tftp firmware receive mode, but the device isn't actually reachable.

 

I cannot find anyone who has solved this particular problem, only people that gave up and said the hardware must be bad.

 

Years later, has anyone found an actual fix for this, or is the best response that it's hardware failure? It's rare that electronic steady state items actually fail, so I have to believe that there is some way to actually resolve it.

6 Replies

  • If it is in a boot loop, then it won't stay up long enough to be able to access the site.

  • Haven't seen many posts about this boot loop. Maybe one or two here. 

    If the 30-30-30 reset doesn't recover units, then most likely the unit has just gone bad and needs replacing. 

    Nothing else we can do about that. 

     

     

  • Hi,

    I posted before(Orbi RBS850 stuck on boot loop)  and it seems to be a hardware issue even though I managed to reflash the firmware. You need to use a static ip address set the lan to 1gb speed and use wireshark to monitor.

    Make sure you only have LAN and Router connection without wifi.

    There will be a small window time for the nmrpflash.exe to connect to the router/satellite. You may need to do this many times while checking the wireshark (you will see the mac address of the netgear responding)

    • alchemista's avatar
      alchemista
      Tutor

      Did yours work after you flashed it? Or are you saying that even though you flashed it, it would not work?

      It wouldn't be hardware issue if it started working after flash - that would probably be a corrupted firmware.

      • alvine's avatar
        alvine
        Tutor

        Hi,

         

        Since the firmware was re-flashed 2 times(latest) and the unit still stuck on boot loop. I haven't tried re-flashing to its original firmware quite some time now.