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turnerm05
Dec 09, 2017Luminary
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...
turnerm05
Dec 17, 2017Luminary
btonetbone I do not doubt that. I had an excellent experience for multiple months. Zero issues and rock solid performance. Then suddenly things went south. And unfortunately it only take a week of instable performance to bring a household of users to its knees. I'm tired of fighting with it. Eero is super solid, although a little slower. But stability is a huge premium - especially once you lived on the other side of the fence.
guzzijason
Jan 14, 2018Apprentice
From another forum thread:
Vphan13 wrote:
https://www.myce.com/news/confirmed-issue-google-cast-causes-temporarily-wifi-drops-around-world-83428/
http://www.tp-link.com/us/faq-2050.html
Sounds like they're honing in on the root cause.
I wonder if blocking MDNS (UDP port 5353) in the Orbi security rules would have any effect on these kernel panics / reboots. Unfortunately, I'm not able to test it myself because I don't have one of the affected Android devices.