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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.27SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.2.27.1SF-HW

    Thanks for the information about cmdftp. Indeed, it is there in Voxel for Orbi /sbin. Appears to be enabled from the command line rather than started automatically at boot. Appreciate the help.
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.27SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.2.27.1SF-HW

    Thanks for the link to the sample config file. I had made a (much shorter) conf that contained only: ServerType standalone DefaultAddress eth0 Got no error message, but also could not connect to a server. No response. Just timed out after 20 seconds. Was concerned that I had missed the...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.27SF-HW & v. 9.2.5.2.27.1SF-HW

    It appears that Proftpd is included in Voxel firmware, but I have not found where it is enabled. Had thought it would be in the init.d/rc.d files, but....?
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    Rbr50v2 Conversion

    Netgear says that Access Control is one of the features not present when the router is in Access Point (AP) mode. https://kb.netgear.com/000061277/Disabled-Features-on-the-Orbi-when-set-to-AP-Mode
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    Configure OpenVPN for IPv6 on Voxel Orbi

    It appears I know even less about VPN than I realized. One of the issues that came up the Netgear forum regarded someone who wanted to VPN from one Orbi LAN to another Orbi LAN. He ran into trouble because the LAN subnet IP was fixed on both systems. (I don't remember which model it was. My...
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    Configure OpenVPN for IPv6 on Voxel Orbi

    Thanks for taking the time to research this question. I agree. Once those changes are made to configuration files and ip6tables, OpenVPN should function with IPv6. I am also not in a position to validate this and my ISP (Spectrum) does not deliver this Dual Stack - Lite version of IPv6. My...
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    Configure OpenVPN for IPv6 on Voxel Orbi

    Saw a post on the Netgear forum from a user in Germany who does not have a public IPv4 address. His ISP uses Dual Stack - Lite, which results in customers being assigned private IPs so there is no IPv4 address that cannot be connected to remotely. He wants to set up a VPN host using the Orbi...
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    Voxel [ORBI RBK50 (RBR50,RBS50)] Suggestions on configuration for maximum range (on Voxel)

    The key part of the Original Poster (OP) statement was "2 Wired RBS50". On this product, 1000Mbps/Full (gigabit) Ethernet backhaul is faster then WiFi backhaul, even when the WiFi backhaul is running "full speed". (There is so much overhead in WiFi. Radio time is shared by three access points...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.13SF-HW

    Appreciate you taking the time to read through this. My opinion remains that he should focus on what is happening on the two PC's. I cannot imagine "heavy financial sites" requiring more bandwidth than 4K video streaming. Thank You.
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.13SF-HW

    Thanks for the response. The context of the question regards a concern over whether the ISP bandwidth is adequate for working from home. My contribution was a sense that no tool reporting "peak usage" would be useful because there are often apps that will suck up the maximum bandwidth...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.13SF-HW

    Over in the Netgear Orbi forum a user asked about how to measure peak network load on the Orbi, something which I believe other router manufacturers may provide but which the stock Netgear firmware definitely does not. Total usage, as in Netgear's Traffic Meter feature, is not the goal. Is...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.13.1SF-HW

    One of the functions not provided with Netgear's orbi firmware is any kind of usage reporting by device. OpenWRT itself appears to have several tools that can be used: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/network_monitoring/bwmon There have been numerous posts on the Netgear Orbi...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.13.1SF-HW

    Orbi's hardware is not powerful enough to support VPN Client mode with the compiler options that Netgear used. With Voxel's version, it is capable of aggregating all devices into a single VPN tunnel (Client mode) provided that the load is not too great. Wireguard is less resource intensive and...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.13.1SF-HW

    There are several uses for the USB drive. The main one is to preserve changes users have made to the Orbi over reboots. When the Orbi reboots, EVERYTHING in memory gets wiped out. Voxel's firmware reloads things from the USB stick after bootup. There are users who want to define custom...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.13.1SF-HW

    Yes, this is definitely a problem. The instructions are very clear (In README1st): Manually download firmware v2.5.2.4 from Netgear, unzip, and Manually load the img file on router and satellites. Orbi will complain, "this is older". Just ignore it. Not loading v2.5.2.4 will doom the Voxel...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.13SF-HW

    In addition to my own immature rant and the several URGENT ports by SLK-Purdue, there are a number of posts in the general threads about the new firmware, such as: Telnet and autoupdate: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/RBR-RBS-50-firmware-2-7-3-22/m-p/2124626#M124110 Bricked Router...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.13SF-HW

    There is a storm raging on the Netgear Orbi forum because Netgear has begun pushing a new firmware version without warning or approval (truly "automatic") that removes telnet access from the debug screen. Many users have customization or routines which rely on terminal access, and they are...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.13SF-HW

    This is a really awkward situation. The password cannot be made shorter or less complicated if it cannot be changed. The obvious solution is to do a Factory Reset which accomplishes two goals: (1) eliminates any garbage in the parameters and (2) sets the administrative password to "password"...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.13SF-HW

    I also used the Debug page to enable telnet, and PuTTY telnet to the Orbi works as well. (It is a bit confusing to remember to use "root" and password for SSH and "admin" and password for telnet. telnet also takes "root", so I it is unclear to me whether it is better to use "root" or "admin"...
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    Voxel Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.2.13SF-HW

    This seems inconsistent with the original post. Can you log in with SSH using "root" and the web GUI password, or not? I just loaded Voxel 9.2.5.2.13.2SF-HW over Netgear V2.5.4.2 and PuTTY SSH works as expected. ("root" and web password). There is, of course, the usual PuTTY message about...
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