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Orbi Appears "Broken" After Trying to Config IPv6
My Orbi AX system has been working perfectly since Netgear corrected that FW issue from back in March. Not one blip, not one issue, it's been perfect. Until yesterday. I have Metronet fiber, and I...
Thanks so much for the reply. Yes I’ve done the power and cabling/ports steps but I agree I was leaning towards some thing involved the MAC address as well. I’m gonna look into that later today once my kids have finished their virtual learning for the day and I’m able to mess with the network
So, I manually set the MAC of the RBR850 with the MAC of my Arris mAX, and still nothing, won't get an IP address. Internet port tile in the Advanced homepage shows the MAC, but everything else remains 0's. And as usual, I switch back to my Arris system and internet comes right back. I guess I can call my ISP and do some troubleshooting on the ONT, but I just can't understanding how the Orbi is essentially bricked, since i've done about 5-10 factory restores on it by now. All current settings on the Orbi are as they would be out of the box. I'm stumped, in all my years of helping other people troubleshoot their routers, I'm stuck on my own, haha...