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Orbi not communicating with Aladdin WiFi Garage Door Opener
I bought this new Orbi mesh system (hw vRBR50, firmware v2.3.5.30, Security WPA2-PSK, Parental Control Enabled, Netgear Armor Enabled) and it worked with everything for about a week (including the Al...
We finally figured it out. The devices related to the Aladdin were coming up as "Parot" and "Texas Instruments" in the Orbi UI and since my wife didn't recognize them she cut internet access for them in the Circle app. We turned them back on and everything started connecting. Sure would be nice if manufacturers had their devices discoverable with friendly names so that it wasn't a guessing game what names linked to what devices (this is particularly hard when in a smart home that has dozens of devices being connected).
We finally figured it out. The devices related to the Aladdin were coming up as "Parot" and "Texas Instruments" in the Orbi UI and since my wife didn't recognize them she cut internet access for them in the Circle app. We turned them back on and everything started connecting. Sure would be nice if manufacturers had their devices discoverable with friendly names so that it wasn't a guessing game what names linked to what devices (this is particularly hard when in a smart home that has dozens of devices being connected).
Oops. Glad you figured it out.
Enjoy. :smileywink:
