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Orbi firmware update v2.1.4.16 availability
We’ve been monitoring issues that some customers have experienced in OrbiOS 2.1.4. In response, we’re releasing firmware that provides a permanent fix for the homekit issue along with various other f...
3 days and 20 hours ago I removed both my wired hubs(switches) from the system. They fed TV, DVD, DVR, Reciever, X_BOX. The only items direct connected to the ORBI now are true computers. Since doing so my stuff has been stable as a rock! WTF! My Amcrest security cameras have been up since the change and not 1 dropped notification. Before I was dropping signal 50-60 times a day. Could all my problems be related to my D-Link switch? How many of you are still having problems and running some type of unmanaged switch?
Unmanaged switches are simple things. Perhaps it’s the order In which you plug things in?
I have my Orbis operating in AP mode, with a single output from my Billion modem/router going to the Orbi router’s yellow RJ45 WAN port.
I have a wired backhaul running through a patch panel on the wall, and Orbi router’s LAN port 1 connects directly through the patch panel to the Satellite.
I also have a Netgear unmanaged 16 port switch that connects to the Orbi router’s LAN port 2. All other wired-in devices connect through this switch, either directly, or via other ports on the patch panel.
Orbi router LAN port 3, and remaining modem LAN ports are not used. This configuration works, and I can check each connected device one at a time if troubleshooting