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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.
Just in case you all haven't seen it, there's an issue with Android and Google products and how they handle casting. I unplugged my Google Home, Minis, and Chromecast devices from the network and my router has not had a reboot in the past 23 hours. I'm using the beta 2.1.2.10 firmware and I would see a reboot almost anytime I unlocked my Android phone.
Here's the original post by user newbeb on the OrbiOS 2.1.1 thread:
I found a few article this morning where it looks as if there is a problem with the Google Cast protocol and android devices waking from sleep mode across multiple router vendors. The longer a device is in sleep, the more discovery packets it sends when it wakes up, into the 100,000s.
Here is the article that I found that seems to tie it together: https://www.myce.com/news/confirmed-issue-google-cast-causes-temporarily-wifi-drops-around-world-834....
It looks like there might be other issues with Google cast devices and MDNS packets as well like: http://www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/12/google-home-max-appears-killing-wifi-networks/.
I do have a Chromecast on my network, but I so I might unbox my Orbi again and see if that is the culprit...
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Of course, one would expect Netgear to have learned of this long ago, since the first reports date to last October (long before 2.1.1.16 firware was released) and Google / Android device use is commonplace.
Therefore, still no viable excuse for Netgear to release garbage and skip the QA.