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studdawg
Mar 29, 2020Aspirant
Multilogin notice requiring reentering password constantly
Ok, started a new thread. I have an RBR50 with an RBS50 and RBS20. The app works fine but when I use the browser GUI, I can get one or two mins of work done and then I get the pop up saying that I ...
studdawg
Mar 29, 2020Aspirant
Thanks. I thought your solution was working but just got the popup. My iphone was off before I logged in. Sigh...
CrimpOn
Mar 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
studdawg wrote:Thanks. I thought your solution was working but just got the popup. My iphone was off before I logged in. Sigh...
Please confirm, which popup? There are two: (1) the Attached Devices page wanting to authenticate every few minutes, and (2) a notice that another device is connected and should it be dropped or not.
- CrimpOnMar 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
I just now timed my Orbi Attached Devices page. Orbi pops up a request to authenticate every 5 minutes. (I sat through two with a stopwatch running on my phone. Any more and I would have gone into a trance.) Hmmm. There is probably a timer set to 300 seconds buried somewhere in the Orbi parameter file. I'll look.......
- studdawgMar 29, 2020Aspirant
It's the second one: another device. I do have a firewalla on it. Could that be it? It is supposed to only review traffic not be connected so i'm reluctant to think that could be the problem. Today I had fewer interruptions from this but last night it was unusable.
- CrimpOnMar 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
My Orbi log shows every admin login. For example, I just now logged into the Orbi from my smartphone (192.168.1.19) and then attempted to connect from my desktop (192.168.1.2). Orbi gave the message about being already logged in, and I said to continue. Here's what shows in the log:
[admin login] from source 192.168.1.2, Sunday, March 29, 2020 13:07:03
[admin login] from source 192.168.1.19, Sunday, March 29, 2020 13:06:22Orbi logs are in the Orbi web interface, Advanced Tab, Administration, Logs
Does your Orbi log show more than one device logging in?
- studdawgMar 29, 2020Aspirant
That's a good suggestion. I went and looked. Everytime that I have to enter the multilogin driven password, it doesn't record that as a login. It also doesn't seem to record app related logins as a login? I don't see them. The only logins I see are from my desktop, which is where I am seeing this issue.
So for fun, I logged in from my desktop, then my app so they should be competing. It did kick me out but it did not show the login from the app...weird. Today has been less "buggy" (for lack of a better term). Maybe it takes a little while for the app to be forgotten as logged in by the router? I dunno...