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Android 8 Crashes Orbi
I've been tracking down an issue where my Orbi just suddenly drops wifi and reboots. I've isolated it to be associated with an Android device running 8.0 or higher. And I've proven it turning off w...
Neither the debug logging or the separate access point connected to the network worked for long. This issue must have more to do with then just the WiFi on the phones, because when my phones were connected to the separte AP they show up as wired connections. And they still brought down the network.
- Some websites are now reporting this issue: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/12/24/android-8-oreo-may-causing-wi-fi-connection-problems-mesh-routers-like-netgears-orbi/
I have the same issue. Everything was working fine and now my system frequently reboots. I tried rolling back to other firmwares, but no dice. I have a Pixel 2 XL running Android 8.1 and like others have said the reboots mainly happen when the Pixel is woken up after a period of not being used. This seems really odd, how can a client device cause such an issue anyways? What would be the final fix for this--something that Google does to update Android or is there something Netgear can do to remedy this? This is so frustrating I have family coming over tomorrow and they are going to hate me because our internet is so unreliable right now. I'm tempted to go out and get another router, this is so frustrating.