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rix0rrr
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Feb 12, 2018
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Drops network every 30 seconds for 5 seconds

My Orbi is dropping network connectivity for 5 seconds just about every 30 seconds. It's not exactly 30 seconds, but it does occur very regularly, definitely every minute.   I'm on version 2.1.2.18...
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  • rix0rrr's avatar
    rix0rrr
    Feb 17, 2018

    Downgrading to V2.0.1.4 fixed it for me.

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rix0rrr
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Feb 13, 2018

Okay so killing miniupnpd doesn't fix it. The hangups occasionally still happen, but less frequently (once every hour or so).

 

Dropping packets/high latencies seem to be accompanied by high CPU usage on the Orbi.

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webminster
Luminary
Feb 13, 2018

Given your discovery, do you have UPnP enabled or disabled in the Web UI? Advanced Setup.  Causes issues for many people.

 

  • rix0rrr's avatar
    rix0rrr
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    Feb 13, 2018
    The UPNP setting appears greyed out for me, probably because I have the device in AP mode... :(
    • rix0rrr's avatar
      rix0rrr
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      Feb 17, 2018

      Downgrading to V2.0.1.4 fixed it for me.

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        rix0rrr
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        Apr 08, 2018

        And my Orbi rolled forward again to V2.1.3.4 and now it's broken again.

         

        Going to roll back and disable updates.

         

        NetGear, you're not very good at software!