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Bokeye
Aspirant
Oct 02, 2025

RBS850 Stuck in loop / flashing white

Hi all,   My RBS850 satelite seems to have bricked itself.  It will just continually flash white when on. I've tried the 30/30/30 and variants of that many times.  After browsing everything I could...
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Bokeye
Aspirant
Oct 02, 2025

Hi - thanks for looking.  You mean the RBS, right?  My RBR is okay as far as I know.

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 02, 2025

Ooops Typo. yes. RBS. 

Should be able to find some good used units on amazon, ebay or shopgoodwill sometimes. 

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    Bokeye
    Aspirant
    Oct 02, 2025

    Thanks - I ordered an ASUS BQ16 Pro mesh setup.  I didn't really consider eBay and didn't want to give netgear more money to replace something that crapped out so quickly.  I can't say I didn't try to fix it after all that!

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      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Oct 02, 2025

      Good Luck.