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Announcing availability of OrbiOS 2.1
I posted this on a different thread, but copy & pasting it here for more visibility. Let me give you a quick update on where NETGEAR is with the OrbiOS. Just before Christmas break, we paus...
Where do you see WLAN backhaul up time? I only see System Uptime on both router and satellite. System uptime should be accurate, it resets when Orbi performs upgrade (which requires a reboot). If it doesn't decrease then there was no reboot.
I would check if connection drop affects multiple devices simultaneously. During this short period not even the router/satellite is accessible by ping? How many satellites are there?
Go to Advanced, Show Stats, then it has it at the bottom WLAN Backhaul.
From what I can tell all my wired devices are unavailable when the connection drops on that satellite for the 10-15 second period. I've reverted back to .74 this afternoon and no issues at this point.
It just a one router one satellite combo, so nothing complicated. Sattelite says 5G Connection Good.
My own experience at time for which the Orbi works flawlessly even after the fw upgrade - Not more than 36 hours.
Either the RBR goes into hang state or the RBS. Only answer is a reboot.
In comparison my DLinks (DIR 865 / DIR 655 set up as the main router and AP with wired backhaul) and the workhorse DIR 895L dont require any reboot like ever.
I would expect better performance by the Orbi for the price I have paid.
Just an update:
I've been running a debug version of the current 2.1.2.18 firmware and providing logs after the random reboots.
Apparently the debug firmware wasn't grabbing the panic logs so I was provided with 2 new sets of firmware to further try and diagnose the reboots. Wish me luck :P