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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...
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.