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Massive Ping Spikes
This has happened before multiple times and I'm not sure if I ended up fixing it or if the problem just went away but every 15 seconds - 2 minutes I get massive ping spikes 600+ms, browsing is unaffe...
razzed wrote:
Looking for any solution whether it's fixing my problem downgrading my firmware or a fix to the problem overall, thanks!
If the problem does not occur when the PC is plugged directly into the ISP modem, does it occur when the PC is plugged directly into the Orbi router? (not into the satellite, which has a WiFi backhaul link to the router. the idea being "absolutely NO WiFi in the connection")
If you are convinced that the problem does not exist with a previous firmware version, the router can be manually loaded with that firmware and then prevented from doing another automatic update. https://www.dropbox.com/s/29o00bhatat9vm2/FAQ%20How%20to%20Block%20Router%20Firmware%20Updates.pdf?dl=0
If this Orbi actually is the RBR50, another option is to manually install third party firmware by Voxel which many find satisfactory.
http://www.voxel-firmware.com/Downloads/Voxel/html/orbi.html
With limited testing I could not get the problem to repeat while plugged directly into my Orbi router.
I briefly looked into the custom voxel firmware and I think that's a bit too complicated for me.
It auto updating isn't exactly the issue it's that whenever I try to downgrade it never sticks, gets to around 94% and then reboots stopping the downgrade from happening. If I was able to downgrade the firmware then I would probably look into getting the auto updates to stop.
razzed wrote:
With limited testing I could not get the problem to repeat while plugged directly into my Orbi router.
Hmmmm. That leaves one WiFi link operational when the PC is plugged into the satellite to router backhaul.
razzed wrote:
I briefly looked into the custom voxel firmware and I think that's a bit too complicated for me.
Installing Voxel's firmware for the RBR50/RBS50 is the same as installing firmware from Netgear with one wrinkle. The Orbi needs to be manually loaded with a specific version of Netgear before loading Voxel V2.5.2.4 (as explained in the Readme.1st file.)
- Download the zip file
- Extract the *.img file from the zip file
- On the Orbi web interface, navigate to the Advanced Tab, Administration, Firmware Update menu
- Select the Manual Update tab
- Browse to the location of the *.img file and choose it.
- Confirm update
- Watch the progress bar until the router restarts
If you don't like Voxel, manually install Netgear firmware over it. (Not that I am pushing Voxel. I used it and found it worked fine, but that was over a year ago. I didn't feel comfortable responding to questions on the forum while using non-Netgear firmware.)
razzed wrote:
It auto updating isn't exactly the issue it's that whenever I try to downgrade it never sticks, gets to around 94% and then reboots stopping the downgrade from happening. If I was able to downgrade the firmware then I would probably look into getting the auto updates to stop.
This one is the killer. If the problem persists when the PC is moved back to the desired location (or, you get complaints about that long ethernet cable in the hallway) the only other potential solution is to use ethernet cable to connect the satellite and router. In my case, that is a "non-starter". Too difficult/expensive to install cable.
Have no idea why a manual update will not finish. I've done them dozens of times on two different Orbi routers. (One day I installed every firmware release from 2.3.5.0 to the present looking for when a certain feature changed.)
So once again just trying to change the firmware of my system, gunna explain step by step the process just to make sure it's not user error.
I go to my orbi panel on my desktop that is wired into the satellite, navigate to Advanced -> Administration -> Firmware Update -> Manual Update. Once there I click the little box next to my "RBS50" to update the satellite. I click update, it opens a window where I select the file which in this case was the "RBS50-V2.5.2.4.img" and uploaded it, then it asked me to confirm that I was selecting an older version then the update started and a little % load bar ticked up until 92% where I lost internet connection and it had the page not loading screen, the system finally turned back on about 5 minutes later still on the current version.
Would anything weird be effecting this? The browser I use? Just trying to cover all my bases. (Browser is Opera GX)