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How long has my satellite RBR852 been up?
I know I have seen somewhere, where you can see how long each router/satellite has been powered up - RBR/RBS 850 series. Can anyone point me to that? I checked the router page and the satellite page,...
donawalt wrote:
I found it, which raises a question
Indeed, debug.htm exists for most models of Orbi router and satellite and one of the items displayed is System Uptime.
What is the question?
Oh sorry- satellite showed blue tonight like it’s been restarted, yet uptime is 10 days. It’s an eth backhaul. How could that happen?
What brand and model switch is the RBS connected too. Possible something happened where the RBS got disconnected and it tried to re-establish the connection. Every so often it's good to power cycle LAN switches. I've noticed sometimes they get hung up or in some odd condition.
Hi Furry, the switch is NETGEAR 48-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch (GS348).
I do power cycle EVERYTHING in appropriate order (modem, switch, router, 2 satellites) every 6 weeks. Should I do the switch more frequently?
What version is the 348 switch? There is a V# on the sticker.
Is this the first time you noticed the RBS and uptime difference?
I've not power cycled mine unless I'm seeing a sync issue when I'm setting up any RBS. Every 6 weeks is your choice and is ok as well.
What CAT# lan cable are you using in between the RBR, Switch and RBS?
Might keep track of uptime between the RBR and RBS and take notice of any differences in the next 6 weeks.
donawalt wrote:
Hi Furry, the switch is NETGEAR 48-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch (GS348).
I do power cycle EVERYTHING in appropriate order (modem, switch, router, 2 satellites) every 6 weeks. Should I do the switch more frequently?
donawalt wrote:
Oh sorry- satellite showed blue tonight like it’s been restarted, yet uptime is 10 days. It’s an eth backhaul. How could that happen?
Although possibly disruptive to the home network, it would be an interesting experiment to temporarily pull the Ethernet cable from the satellite, wait for 5-10 minutes to see what happens, then plug it back in.
Orbi systems do not "sense things" instantly (in my experience). There are internal timers that check for things, such as "is there an Ethernet backhaul available?"
p.s. the only time my network equipment is power cycled is when Edison causes a power outage that lasts longer than the various UPS boxes that things are powered by. My record is something like six months of uptime.
