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Orbi lost connection to internet
I've had my Orbi running without a problem since October 2017. When I went to bed last night everything was working well. When I got up this morning, there was no internet connection. On the Orbi rou...
Problem is solved. It turns out it was nothing to do with either the BT Hub, nor the Orbi. I unplugged everything from my whole network (I have a lot of devices). With just the BT Hub and the Orbi connected, it was fine. It was an ethernet switch on the network which had gone rogue and was sending out thousands of packet requests which killed the network. I guess of all the things on the network, this is the easiest to replace and was 10 years old anyway!
Hi,
Sounds like the cable between the Orbi and BT Hub is faulty/not connected. Check and/or replace the cabling to see if that helps?
CheerZ and good luck :)
Changing the cable made no difference. I have a feeling that either the BTHub or the Orbi has gone faulty. Not sure how to find out which one.
Problem is solved. It turns out it was nothing to do with either the BT Hub, nor the Orbi. I unplugged everything from my whole network (I have a lot of devices). With just the BT Hub and the Orbi connected, it was fine. It was an ethernet switch on the network which had gone rogue and was sending out thousands of packet requests which killed the network. I guess of all the things on the network, this is the easiest to replace and was 10 years old anyway!