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New - RBR850/RBS850 Firmware Version 4.6.9.11 Released
RBR850/RBS850 Firmware Version 4.6.9.11 Released
New Features:
Adds an auto-firmware upgrade enable/disable option <Long awaited feature is FINALLY HERE!
https://kb.netgear.com/...
I did this with the first Satellite yesterday - removed it from the RBR GUI, rebooted it and it did not come back up on the screen. Only way to get it back is to wire it directly to the RBR
Seanster wrote:I did this with the first Satellite yesterday - removed it from the RBR GUI, rebooted it and it did not come back up on the screen. Only way to get it back is to wire it directly to the RBR
Ok, wire it, then switch it off, then you will see the "Disconnect" button on the Attached Devices" page. Please click it to un-pair the satellite and try now to pair it wirelessly.
Ok I am going to work with the Satellite that has been factory reset, as this one needs to get working. Powered up the RBS, solid white light, attached it via Ethernet to the RBR. Within a minute the ring LED goes solid blue. Here's what I see on the RBR GUI:
And here's what it looks like when I go directly to the RBS:
As you can see, it is still sitting on the ORBI default SSID
Disconnected the Ethernet cable, turned the RBS off. Deleted the entry on the RBR GUI for the RBS. Powered the RBS back up again, flashed white for a while then solid white ring LED. pressed sync button on back of RBS and back of RBR. Both flash white for about a minute. RBS then stops flashing, and shortly thereafter the RBR stops flashing, both go dark for about 30-40 seconds then RBS goes solid magenta....
All are on 4.6.8.5, rolled it all back this morning
BUT...making progress
Still working through this, a very interesting explanation coming up of what I think happened...
So, we have a much nicer picture now!
So exactly what was the issue?
Well there were 2. As one of the helpers here pointed out, it appeared my factory reset but seemingly bricked RBS was, in fact, not getting an IP address. But the fun part is why it was not getting an IP address.
My wired backhaul setup has an unmanaged switch behind the RBR, which then connects to each RBS. However, when I set this up a couple of years ago there were major problems and I could not get it to work. However on one of the forums I found a tip, to wire the connection from RBR to the switch via the WAN port, and plug the internet connection into any other of the Ethernet ports on the RBR.
Well that worked fine until now. Once I ripped everything down to the minimum (just what I thought was a direct connection from ISP modem to RBR) showed me solid magenta on the RBR....no IP. This was the ethernet cable going to the unmanaged switch. Plugging the 'correct' cable into the RBR Wan port kinda solved all current issues.
So now I do not know if .11 introduced this, or if this was a previous firmware and I was just oblivious to it (as things 'appeared' to be working) - but somewhere along the line the functionality of the RBR Wan port has been changed to what would be 'expected behaviour'
Thank you ALL for your help here!
Please edit out any MAC addresses from your pictures before posting in a public forum for security reasons.
To ensure that RBS are updated properly, update ALL RBS first to v.11 then the RBR lastly.
Seanster wrote:
All are on 4.6.8.5, rolled it all back this morning
BUT...making progress
Still working through this, a very interesting explanation coming up of what I think happened...
