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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...
cjperone100 wrote:When this happened tp me. I changed pixel to static ip address rather than dhcp. it stopped the crashes.
not the most ideal solution but maybe it will help ubtil a true fix.
Not sure it would...my Orbi is in bridged mode and thus doesn't answer DHCP requests.
rhester72 wrote:
cjperone100 wrote:When this happened tp me. I changed pixel to static ip address rather than dhcp. it stopped the crashes.
not the most ideal solution but maybe it will help ubtil a true fix.
Not sure it would...my Orbi is in bridged mode and thus doesn't answer DHCP requests.
A bit more evidence that it doesn't seem to be DHCP-related...if I put the OnHub on a switch off my (not Orbi) router, even though the broadcast -reaches- Orbi, it doesn't crash...which strongly suggests that the traffic causing the crash is unicast.
rhester72 wrote:
rhester72 wrote:
cjperone100 wrote:When this happened tp me. I changed pixel to static ip address rather than dhcp. it stopped the crashes.
not the most ideal solution but maybe it will help ubtil a true fix.
Not sure it would...my Orbi is in bridged mode and thus doesn't answer DHCP requests.
A bit more evidence that it doesn't seem to be DHCP-related...if I put the OnHub on a switch off my (not Orbi) router, even though the broadcast -reaches- Orbi, it doesn't crash...which strongly suggests that the traffic causing the crash is unicast.
I stand corrected - just had another crash with OnHub on a switch in parallel with Orbi. You may very well be right that it does indeed involve DHCP broadcast.
Just switched to static on my Pixel 2 XL, will let this bake for a couple of days.