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RBR850 debug screen No Telnet Option
Hello All, I have a Orbi RBR850 that works great however, I need to seperate out the 2.5 & 5 bands and name them different so some of my older devices will connect to 2.5 & not time out trying to con...
AP4120 wrote:Hello All, I have a Orbi RBR850 that works great however,
...Does anyone know how I can turn on telnet services on this unit? Or is there a different page with the new firmware of these devices? Its currently on a 3.15.2 I believe.
My Orbi AX is running the latest V3.2.15.25_1.3.15 firmware. As you say, the Enable Telnet checkbox option no longer exists on the /debug.htm page. I previously turned on Telnet when my Orbi was running an older firmware. I can confirm that telnet still works with my Orbi even though the checkbox no longer appears on that debug page.
Therefore you could probably downgrade to an earlier firmware, enable telnet, and then upgrade back to the current firmware.
Mikey94025 wrote:
My Orbi AX is running the latest V3.2.15.25_1.3.15 firmware. As you say, the Enable Telnet checkbox option no longer exists on the /debug.htm page. I previously turned on Telnet when my Orbi was running an older firmware. I can confirm that telnet still works with my Orbi even though the checkbox no longer appears on that debug page.That seems almost "too good to be true." On my RBR50, enabling telnet does not survive a reboot, much less a firmware change. And, if I go too long between connecting with telnet, the option no longer works even though the check box says it should.
Even if that was true, any factory reset would probably disable telnet. NG maybe stopping the behind the scenes tweekers that are afforded on Orbi AC.
CrimpOn wrote:That seems almost "too good to be true." On my RBR50, enabling telnet does not survive a reboot, much less a firmware change. And, if I go too long between connecting with telnet, the option no longer works even though the check box says it should.
Ah, someone posted that with the latest RBR850 firmware telnet is always enabled. That would explain why my telnet still works and perhaps why you see different behavior with your RBR50.
I would confirm that a factory reset hasn't been performed on that post. If Telnet was enabled and carried forward thru a FW and and the system was NOT factory reset, then I would presume telnet may persist thru the update. If a factory reset was performed on the system, I can confirm that telnet is not enabled as I have done with my system, and can not access telnet at all with default FW settings after the reset.
