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Orbi Firmware 2.3.1.60
Welp, anyone have any notes on this thing? It's already downloaded to my router and satellite waiting for me to pull the pin.
Hi,
Just for information, when you're in the Firmware Update page and it downloads new firmware to install, the version number next to both the router and the satellite is a clickable link.
If you click the link, it will show you the release notes of all changes between your currently installed firmware and the update.
Although, this "feature" is not hidden, it's not always obvious that it's there either.
I would move the "Basement satellite is probably 15 ft away with a wired Apple TV." to a farther distance. 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
Is Daisy Chain enabled or disabled for your configuration?
DEJW wrote:Modem is Netgear CM500V (16x4) DOCSIS 3.0
ISP is Comcast
I switched to the Netgear modem without WiFi to try and avoid that problem.
It was all working fine with v.44 for a couple of months and I called Comcast at that time to set it correctly so I believe the Modem is set up correctly and I haven't changed anything.
The other thing I have read is to turn of all appliances of the network and then bring it up fresh and add them all again one by one. I am wondering if there are some appliances that haven't been off in a long while and still have old IPs (and maybe have never worked). Would an old IP from a long while ago cause confusion to the orbi?
Home is about 6,000 sq ft on 3 levels and I have the orbi in router mode on the 1st floor in the center of the house and a satellite on the 2nd floor and one in the basement. I run a single wired PC off the router. Basement satellite is probably 15 ft away with a wired Apple TV. 2nd floor one is probably 40ft away with no wired connections
I'll try the "clean" restart and reset this afternoon
I'll move it further.
Daisy chain is enabled
trying me clean restart now
- Looks like it is coming up fine
Have not disabled Daisy Chain yet.
One more question. For fixed location devices like desktops, the satellites themselves, cameras and garage openers should I reserve the initial IP address they get? Yes you can.
- It’s been a couple of days now and everything seems to be operating well with no noticeable drops. Bringing up from scratch got rid of all my old IP addresses and all now have an address in the 10.0.0.x range. I have not reserved any of them and will probably leave for now to see if I need to. I would prefer to keep as vanilla as possible. I kept daisy chain enabled and did enable uPnP. The only thing not checked it the 20/40 coexistence.
Thanks for the advice guys Interesting that it configured a 10. LAN address. Possible it dectected the modem using same 192.168.1.1 string maybe.
At any rate, let it run and see how it goes.
You can setup IP reservations if needed.
I would make a backup configuration to file so you have this for any future needs. Helps save time if a reset is needed.
Enjoy now. :smileywink:
DEJW wrote:
It’s been a couple of days now and everything seems to be operating well with no noticeable drops. Bringing up from scratch got rid of all my old IP addresses and all now have an address in the 10.0.0.x range. I have not reserved any of them and will probably leave for now to see if I need to. I would prefer to keep as vanilla as possible. I kept daisy chain enabled and did enable uPnP. The only thing not checked it the 20/40 coexistence.
Thanks for the advice guys- That’s the way it works for me. The routine that automatically changes the subnet range is awesome. The only thing that could be better is if happened without needing to login to the management console to activate.
