Known Issues. Orbi Firmware V 2.1.4.10 update

Amazing update! I had just upgraded my cable speed tier, which meant I had just installed a new DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem. Then I went away for the weekend. Got several notifications while gone about disconnected services, but figured I'd relax and it would all come back online. Nope.

Got home and obviously immediately suspected something wasn't playing nice with my new setup. But it was strange -- the Orbi just wouldn't let me reach it at 192.168.1.1. Any attempt to access it, to tftp the firmware, heck, even just ping it, would time out. Odd.

Connectivity sort of worked when I unplugged the Orbi from my wired internal network. Hmm, strange. Wouldn't have expected that.

And then I found this thread. Unplug the satellites from the wired backhaul? But how the heck could that possibly impact my ability to reach the RBR on the netwo ... oh fudge. Really? Really, Netgear? We waited years for this freakin wired backhaul, and then you break it in some incredibly bizarre manner with this automatically installed firmware update.

Fortunately, I'm back online with a somewhat hobbled system that is configured for wired backhaul usage -- with satellites too far apart to reliably connect at 5G. And so it will stay until this gets patched back in correctly.

TL;DR: Netgear stressed me out after a relaxing weekend getaway. Thank you!