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gwhite66
Apr 23, 2024Aspirant
Orbi AX6000 (RBR850) - blocking one of my email addresses in/out
My RBR850 appears to be blocking one of my email addresses from receiving/sending to my laptop. When I connect directly to my cable modem, the traffic flows fine. When I reconnect to my RBR850 again,...
CrimpOn
Apr 24, 2024Guru - Experienced User
(sometimes responses are perfectly clear to the person who wrote them, but might be a bit ambiguous when we read them. Such as terms like "blocked")
- Bitdefender Armor is or is not enabled on this system?
- Smart Parental Controls is or is not enabled on this system?
- Has the system been power cycled?
- What email client system is being used?
- What specific error message is received?
Ii wholeheartedly agree that a total Factory Reset and reconfiguration can be an enormous chore. (In my case, it takes over two hours of typo-ridden data entry and a lot of swearing.) It is indeed the last resort.
There is a short cut method of resetting firmware:
- Save a copy of the configuration to a computer using the menu item Backup Settings.
- Perform the Factory Reset maneuver with an object stuck into the tiny Reset hole.
https://kb.netgear.com/31486/How-do-I-reset-my-Orbi-system-to-factory-default-settings - When the system restarts, connect the computer to the router and access the web interface using either http://orbilogin.net or the IP address of the router.
- This should bring up a web page encouraging use of the Orbi 'app' to configure the system. IGNORE this off and select the link in tiny print I do not have a smartphone.
- Proceed to do the configuration, but:
- Ignore any offers to register the system, enable Armor or Smart Parental Controls
- Do not change the WiFi credentials from the default.
- Keep going until the page comes up asking if you want to:
- Load a saved configuration, or
- Continue with manual configuration
- Load the saved configuration.
- The system will reboot and the entire configuration comes back. (less any garbage that has crept into the system over the years).
- All WiFi devices will now connect as normal.
This entire process can be done in 10 minutes.