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Orbi firmware v2.1.1.16 discussion
do we need to do nvram wipe for this 2.1.1.16 Firmware just released today? noticed it downloaded automatically.
I think it was in an earlier post that st_shaw posted about adding Sonos devices to the Orbi network and you have to be careful to not set up the Sonos so it creates it's own network. Sono's tries to do that and then you will get loops in your routing and other wierdness and possibly your DOS.
aaz, tkshaffer If you wire one, and only one, Sonos device into your network, Sonos will create its own mesh network (Sonosnet) on 2.4 GHz. You need to set Sonos to use channel 11 and Orbi to use channel 11, or vice versa, to avoid interference. That's how I have mine setup and it works perfectly. If you wire more than one Sonos device you can create network loops and crash your network.
Alternatively, you can setup Sonos to connect to your WiFi, but if you do that you must not connect any Sonos devices with a wire. As soon as you connect one Sonos device the entire system will revert to Sonosnet.
- Are there any workarounds?
My Orbi is restarting ALOT after the update, I would say every 10 minutes.
Tried the downgrade firmware to last working version, but problem remains..- I had better stability when I did a factory reset before manually loading the v2.0.0.74 firmware.
parostberg wrote:
Are there any workarounds?
My Orbi is restarting ALOT after the update, I would say every 10 minutes.
Tried the downgrade firmware to last working version, but problem remains..Ouch. That would be painful. I wish there was a simple answer to your question. All I can say is that after setting mine up about 24 hours ago, then piddling with it to fix various things I screwed up, I've not seen any reboots other than my forced reboots. Mine has been up over 5 hours now.
Did you disable UPnP?
- Disabled upnp in v2.1.1.16. Downgraded to previous version and are now using standard settings for testing purpose. Problem remains.
Before downgrading, I activated the Cirkle Disney thing. Could it be like this function is still there after reseting to a previous version?
Don't understand why it doesn't work now, there where no problem before with the previous version?
parostberg wrote:
Are there any workarounds?
My Orbi is restarting ALOT after the update, I would say every 10 minutes.
Tried the downgrade firmware to last working version, but problem remains..With behavior like that I would reset both the router and satellite to defaults, and then manually re-enter my settings. That might well help this situation. If not, then there may be a wireless client that isn’t acting nice. That might show up in the log, but Netgear has really limited what goes into their logs, so you’d just have to look and see. There’s a much better logging facility available via the debug page, but it’s harder to use since there’s so much in that log.
- Thanks for the feedback! So you set both to channel 11? It is weird because it has been working fine for 7 months with one wired and the Sonos mesh and I let it auto assign channels.
I'm new the the orbi but i can say after 3 weeks of ownership I'm having to reboot my main device every 24hrs after v2.1.1.16
Before that, I didn't have a single issue with the two devices in my home.
Also what I'm seeing is the device keeps clearing out the DNS entries for my internet conection.
I use OpenDNS server but each time I'm forced to reboot, it goes back to Google and another DNS host that I don't recongize.
Domain Name Server8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
209.55.27.13That loss of my my custom DNS settings definately looks to be a bug much less the loosing of connectiivty every 24hrs.
That "loss" is the purple LED on top of the main router and the cable modem is still going just fine. I can restart the modem and it will show good but the Orbi router stays purple... until I force it to restart. And... I loose my DNS settings as above. Very odd.
I don't see an easy way to fail back to the pervious firmware without a manual update...
Hardware Version RBR50
Firmware Version V2.1.1.16
GUI Language Version V1.0.0.309
Operation Mode Router
