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aip5
Jun 05, 2025Aspirant
Help, I can't enter the system interface after changing the SXS80 model to RBS850
I changed the SXS80 model to RBS850 in Telnet, and wanted to flash the RBS850 firmware, but the firmware failed to pass the verification and could not be flashed. The current problem is that the mach...
ageinghack
Jun 05, 2025Tutor
aip5 wrote:I changed the SXS80 model to RBS850 in Telnet, and wanted to flash the RBS850 firmware, but the firmware failed to pass the verification and could not be flashed.
Those are Orbi satellites. They belong with an Orbi router.
Did you set up the RBR850 to work with your Internet connection?
You can't just unplug one and replace it with something completely different.
You can't flash the RBS850 with firmware for the SXS80. If that is what you are trying to do.
aip5 wrote:Currently, all firmware versions of SXK80 have no restrictions on turning on Telnet.
Good luck using Telnet. Netgear disabled that years ago.