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Orbi randomly dropping internet connection despite V2.0.0.74 update
Hi all, I recently purchased an RBK50 Orbi + satellite router but it is dropping internet connection randomly despite updating firmware to the latest V2.0.0.74. This is more often the case upon...
at a loss. I rolled my firmware back to 1.12 and the problem still persists. The instant I connect my Pixel 2 XL phone to the wireless I start dropping the network completely. If it's not connected, no problems. Has Netgear even acknowledged this is a known issue? This is an entirely too expensive of an option to dump.
Has anyone tried switching on the guest network and using the for their phone yet?
guest network did not solve problem
- sleepr88 - can you try setting WiFi off during sleep on any Android devices? I am going on day 11 without a reboot. I'm using the latest firmware, with the default values. I haven't changed anything else other than changing my Android phone's WiFi off during sleep. I have about 4 Android phones that I did that too.
- 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-83428/?osm=1.
I switched off Orbi a few days ago to a Nighthawk that I had after doing all of the upgrade reset cycle and more than patiently waiting...
I do have a Chromecast and on my network and A Droid devices.
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/.
Now to decide if I give the Orbi another try...