Orbi AC3000 drops internet EVERY NIGHT

Question

First off, we have the Netgear Nighthawk Docsis 3.0 Cable Modem Router (with the WIFI disabled) running a wired connection to our Orbi- and we have 2 sattelites.

Every Single Night the wifi drops around 9:30pm. Every. Single. Night.

The wired connection from the Nighthawk is still working though- I can use our desktop computer. Just no wifi capabilities in our home. Which leads me to believe it's an Orbi thing.

Why is this happening and what do I need to do?

DarrenM · Answer

Are you running Orbi in router mode or AP mode?

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DarrenM

buckleyje5 · Answer

I just switched to AP mode, but now my RING doorbell camera has a HUGE delay, so I'm going to move it back to Router mode.

BUT.... I did see that the "lease" was always ending at 9:30pm and I'm thinking that's why the glitch every night at that time. When I woke up the next morning super early (5:15am) I renewed the lease- so now it expires while we are all still aslee in bed and not trying to use our laptops.

I'm thinking THAT was the fix!

buckleyje5 · Answer

UPDATE:&nbsp; Nope, it's down again.&nbsp; The "lease renewal" didn't work.&nbsp; I have internet on my wired device from my primary router- but anything coming from the Orbi does not work.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HELP!!&nbsp; Why does Orbi crash every night at the same time??

Roamabout · Answer

What if you run the Orbi router in AP mode and give it a static address. Does that change the behavior ?

buckleyje5 · Answer

I did try the AP mode, and we didn't have any drops for several days.....BUT for some reason it made our Ring doorbell have a 10-second lag. So I switched it back.

I don't know enough about networking to understand static IP, but when I read the log at the time internet disconnects, there's always a DHCP IP entry- so I thought about disabling the DHCP and moving to static IP, but does that mean I have to manually assign an IP to every device in our house? Or will it keep the ones it has? And what happens if a device leaves our house- will it reconnect when it comes back?

This is above my paygrade :)

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Orbi AC3000 drops internet EVERY NIGHT

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