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UnixGuy
Guide
Mar 14, 2017
Solved

Orbi generating a lot of ARP traffic on WAN

Using Orbi, I have problems being deactivated by my ISP due to too much ARP noise on the wan port. Reported this to support but no luck so far getting any help so wanted to see if anyone have similar...
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  • fefigno's avatar
    fefigno
    Aug 16, 2017

    V1.12.0.18 fixed the issue!

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btate0121
Aspirant
Mar 28, 2017

I was going through logs on my router today and found a ton of these attacks going on as well.  However, I noticed the IP address the Orbi was saying was the source was my windows machine in my office.  I've had the machine off for a for a bit now, and haven't seen another listing for this.

I know this is an older post now, but if anyone comes across it like I did, note the IP address listed in your logs and see if maybe something on your network is the source.

I'll be sanitizing my PC this weekend (YAAAAAAAY... i actually enjoy doing that)