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Ongoing WiFi problems with Orbi and Apple -- About to pull the plug
I'm at my kitchen table writing this from my laptop connected to my cell phone hotspot because Orbi kicked me off the network again. I am at my wits end. Moving from the Nighthawk R7000 to the Orbi...
I don’t know if this helps, but I noticed the following: if I try to to access the web interface configuration interface with an iOS device, especially using the default IP address of the router, I found that the iOS device had its IP address bizarrely corrupted. All the other devices had typical dhcp addresses, like 192.168.1.x, but suddenly it was something like 254.169.x.x. Very weird, but whatever caused it, that’ll definitely screw with your connection. I’m inclined to think there’s something wrong with Apple’s stack, since so many complaints concern Apple devices.
Cycollins Anytime you see that 169.254.X.X it means your device wasn't able to pull an IP address from your DHCP server, whether that be a router or otherwise. The same rules apply in the enterprise space as well. It's called an APIPA address. Hope it helps in the future!