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Installed Orbi and data usage quadrupled!
I purchased and installed an RBR50 AC5000 with a Satellite RBS50 on July 5. It worked great. I had much more coverage for our house/property and all our devices were able to connect from everywhere a...
It seems to me, resetting my router to factory default is not the best option. This issue is with the router not being able to track data per device. Why do you think resetting my router will help me solve the problem? This option is basic troubleshooting advice at best.
I think its time to find a better option. Its a pity, I like this router but the lack of options is a deal breaker.
The world is changing, everyone is streaming more nowadays, the internet providers are changing faster than Netgear's ability to keep up. I just think having this basic feature is must.
Just a follow up on my recent testing.
I disabled everything on my network last night around 1:00am via the Orbi app as well as unplugging the one laptop I had directly connected to the router.
When I checked this morning, 6 hours later my ISP data meter showed I spent 6GB during the course of that time. Please tell me how is this possible? I’m convinced something is going on with the router itself now to cause me to exceed my data cap 3 months out of the past 5.
I have the latest FW, rebooted reset to factory etc.
I want to know why there is unknown traffic from the router.
I disabled everything on my network last night around 1:00am via the Orbi app as well as unplugging the one laptop I had directly connected to the router.
When I checked this morning, 6 hours later my ISP data meter showed I spent 6GB during the course of that time. Please tell me how is this possible? I’m convinced something is going on with the router itself now to cause me to exceed my data cap 3 months out of the past 5.
I have the latest FW, rebooted reset to factory etc.
I want to know why there is unknown traffic from the router.
- Btw, I know this would seem unlikely. Also, I shouldnt be relying only on my ISP’s traffic meter. But right now NG leaves me no other choice because the traffic meter no longer works due to a daylight savings time isssue in my time zone. This issue is being investigated by their tier 2 support at the moment.
The other problem is the traffic meter does not show usage per device. Something everyone has been hoping they would add.