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Orbi MR 2.1 Update 3/23/18
Our teams are still working through the issues, but I wanted to provide a quick update on OrbiOS 2.1. We usually wait to release our software until it's available across all Orbi product lines, but ...
My guess is there is something wrong with DHCP ....
You cannot set lease times ... which, at my office, days after people are gone, their device still shows up as "connected"
So far, my Ipad has not had a problem after giving it a static IP.
steve8411wrote:My guess is there is something wrong with DHCP ....
You cannot set lease times ... which, at my office, days after people are gone, their device still shows up as "connected"
So far, my Ipad has not had a problem after giving it a static IP.
The default DHCP lease time on the Orbi is 1 day (86400 seconds). It can be changed, but you need to be on the command line to do it:
# config set lan_lease=86400 # config commit [ now reboot the router to apply]
Just change the default value to whatever you want... with the usual caveat that if you are poking around on the command line and not sure what you are doing, you may just make things worse for yourself; but nonetheless, the option is there for those intrepid types.
EDIT TO ADD: I'm not sure that extending the DHCP lease time will actually fix anything in regards to the intermittent connectity drops that some clients seem to have. Personally, I prefer a longer lease time, but I've seen clients drop their connetion well before the current lease expires.
Still seeing lots of disconnects on iPhone 7, iOS 11.2.6 even after trying this beta since about an hour after it dropped online. Very disappointing. I’ve tried every tweak and combination of tweak that exists on this forum, which I’ve haunted for about 9 months now.
Wizecwrote:Still seeing lots of disconnects on iPhone 7, iOS 11.2.6 even after trying this beta since about an hour after it dropped online. Very disappointing. I’ve tried every tweak and combination of tweak that exists on this forum, which I’ve haunted for about 9 months now.
I haven't had any issues for 36 hours now. Not a single complaint from my son or my wife or my mom that stays with me. We are all apple devices. 2 ipads and 3 iphones. Heard it everyday for a few months there is something wrong with the internet, it is so slow, wont open up page. That is when those devices would lose internet while my desktop wired in to satellite or my directv on demand will be fine as well. This firmware seems to have fixed that issue.
For instance do you lose the wifi symbol on top? Or it still says you are connected but no internet. If you lose the wifi symbol and total disconnect disable your wifi assist on your iphone. That usually means it is kicking you off wifi and connecting to lte when it thinks you don't have strong enough signal.
The first 24 hours with the beta were great. Then I started having weird issues again. First my wired desktop lost connection so I immediately disabled daisy chaining (that was an issue before) and that fixed my desktop. Then this morning I woke up to find that none of my connections worked. I had to restart the router. Now everything is working again but not a good sign for me...
