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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...
There has been lots of discussion in this forum about wired backhaul. Since March 2018, when I first obtained my RBK50 Orbis (operating in AP mode), I have been successfull with a wired backhaul.
However a few days ago, after installing an Edgerouter X, wireless backhaul worked, but I couldn’t get a wired backhaul up and running for love nor money, despite a lengthy period of dogged determination.
But I got it in the end, so now I have a tip that I think might be the answer for those also having wired backhaul problems.
Initially, the satellite in wireless mode, is harvesting nearby devices, which takes time. After several frustrating failed attempts I lost interest for a couple of hours, and then, I decided to try again and it just worked. No coloured ovals, straight in.
The experience is reminiscent of a learning mode, but in reality, I think the device harvesting routine dislikes being interrupted.
I don’t have any other explanation about why establishing a wired backhaul failed at first, but after an hour or two it worked instantly.
Worth a try?
cheshbr wrote:
There has been lots of discussion in this forum about wired backhaul. Since March 2018, when I first obtained my RBK50 Orbis (operating in AP mode), I have been successfull with a wired backhaul.
However a few days ago, after installing an Edgerouter X, wireless backhaul worked, but I couldn’t get a wired backhaul up and running for love nor money, despite a lengthy period of dogged determination.
But I got it in the end, so now I have a tip that I think might be the answer for those also having wired backhaul problems.
Initially, the satellite in wireless mode, is harvesting nearby devices, which takes time. After several frustrating failed attempts I lost interest for a couple of hours, and then, I decided to try again and it just worked. No coloured ovals, straight in.
The experience is reminiscent of a learning mode, but in reality, I think the device harvesting routine dislikes being interrupted.
I don’t have any other explanation about why establishing a wired backhaul failed at first, but after an hour or two it worked instantly.
Worth a try?
The "learning mode" you're referring to is called a broadcast storm, and results from the router considering both the wired and wireless interfaces active with the same address at the same time.
The solution is a very basic tenet of networking called STP (Spanning Tree Protocol), designed to prevent this very issue, but apparently one Netgear hasn't heard of. (This has been proven by at least two people manually enabling STP on the router temporarily via telnet.) I had small hope Netgear would eventually turn STP on by default, but given there hasn't been a new beta firmware (or even any signs of life) out of engineering in quite a while, I rather doubt it now.