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litewait
Sep 01, 2025Aspirant
RBS850 power light flashing amber
I've tried everything, satellite doesn't display an led, just flashes amber on the power light.
I've tried factory reset, nothing.
Even configured RBR750 it was up and working and couldn't find the satellite RBS850 (RBS750 works fine)
Tried another power supply, what are my options here?
Thanks.
8 Replies
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
Try a 30-30-30 reset on the RBS, if this fails along with swapping to different power adapter, RBS may need to be replaced.
- litewaitAspirant
Thanks. Fully factory reset RBS850, how should it behave on boot? LED color and behavior, Power light color and behavior?
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
Back power LED should be amber for a second or two then turn Solid GREEN. But just watch a timer or stopwatch and time the reset button presses accordingly. Then after the last press and release the power LED should turn GREEN.
- litewaitAspirant
Thanks for the help. No matter what reset method I do the power LED flashes Amber over and over, nothing I can do to make it behave any differently. Sigh.
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
Ya, seems like the RBS has gone bad. You might find used replacements on Amazon, ebay or shopgoodwill.
Good Luck.
- litewaitAspirant
Wow I am going to take a final crack at it using TFTP, seems if its stuck in recovery mode if I can reach it using tftp I can flash new firmware. Orbi seems to default to 192.168.1.1 per others posts, can't hurt to give it a shot. Appreciate you hanging with me.
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
Ya if you can get FW load while in TFTP mode, may get it to recover...Give NMRP Flash a try.
- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
litewait wrote:
Orbi seems to default to 192.168.1.1 per others posts,
While Orbi routers default to 192.168.1.1, the AX satellites default to 192.168.1.250