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eric3312
Jan 19, 2026Aspirant
Orbi 770 Satellites Randomly Disable All Radios and Drop Clients
I’m posting this to document a serious defect in the Orbi 770 series and to express growing frustration after months of dealing with it. I have an Orbi 770 system (RBE770 satellites, firmware V10...
donawalt
Jan 19, 2026Mentor - Experienced User
eric3312 do you have a Mac laptop you can walk around with? I use WiFi Explorer Lite app, from the Apple store, it's free and it works great. You will easily see all the info and any/all Orbis you have powered up (or not), including info on every band they are broadcasting:
eric3312
Jan 21, 2026Aspirant
Ok, I did this. When the issue happens, the satelite is very clearly disabled as it reports in the web GUI of the satellite. It's basically a paper weight until I reboot it.