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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...
As and update to my previous post, and based on the suggestion of others, yesterday I connected an old Asus router in AP mode to my Orbi router and connected all Oreo devices (8.0 & 8.1) to the Asus. So far this has eliminated the Orbi crashes. It is possible the Asus is crashing but that is not as noticeable with only phones connected to it. When the Orbi goes down it typically interferes with users streaming video or gaming and is therefore very noticeable and annoying!
This is not the best solution but certianly a good workaround until either Google or Netgear can implement a fix.