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Orbi Ethernet Backhaul causing broadcast storm
I have just upgraded my Orbi router and satellites to V2.1.1.12 hoping to take advantage of the recent Ethernet backhaul feature. I use the Orbi router as my main router with a 24 port switch servic...
mgeorgy, any updates on this? I have dedicated Cat5e, but I need WiFi in my office, so I am considering buying the Orbi. I would want to do Ethernet Backhaul, but it sounds like there are serious defects still...
Add me to the list of folks needing ethernet backahul to work. I have two satellites and am having the same problem as the OP. Any attempt to use ethernet backhaul in any configuration shuts down the whole network. I am currently running Firmware Ver. 2.0.1.4, which the website and App indiacte are the latest. Of course, the website shows a version 2.1.2.18, but is listed as older, which doesn't make any sense. Can anyone clarify the latest firmware version and why the numbers seem out of order? Also, NETGEAR how about a response why ethernet backhaul in the configuration shown in the manula cause the network to shutdown?
Thanks.
The executive summary is that this is a known bug in the 2.0 firmware. I encountered it, too. It is reputedly fixed in 2.1, which I haven’t tried. But 2.1 has other issues and was removed from the auto-update path. 2.2 is currently in the works but not yet released.
if you need wired backhaul today, manually install 2.1 and live with whatever other defects that entails. I can vouch that a pre-release version of 2.2 works very well but is not quite 100% there. I don’t know when it will be released fully baked.
Users will need to phone contact NG support to ask if any Betas are available for use with there systems.
