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Orbi RBR50 dropping WiFi Connection constantly ( since 2.1.1.14)
Hello, My RBR50 (+ RBS50) had been working for months without any issue, and I was very happy with the stability and overall performance. Then... I updated the RBR50 (+ RBS50) to v2.1.114, and sin...
Hello All,
Update: Issue has been solved
I decided to really look into this issue since it was impossible to get the WiFi stable and the connection dropping with V2.1.1.16 was not an option... (New year resolution... :smileyvery-happy:)
I found out that the issue was caused by a PC connected via ethernet and WiFi simultaneously, and after turning off the PC WiFi, the WiFi (and Router) have been running stable for the last 3 days.
In my case, the problem was caused because I had received a new NUC PC (Win10) just before Christmas, to test a new version of an Conference application from a 3rdParty company (it happens I am a SW developer...) and I had it connected via Ethernet cable to a hub that was connected ( via ethernet cable, as well) to the RBR-50.
The problem was that the WiFi for the same NUC was ON ( factory configuration) so the same PC was connected via WiFi and Ethernet. This was causing havoc with the RBR-50, which would restart ( or kill the WiFi) ~every 30 minutes with V2.1.1.16.The configuration above, should not cause such a problem ( on any router...), and this was a simple Win10 PC. I am not sure if the Conference application ( which works as a local server and must register with a remote server) could cause such problem... but in any case, I just want to provide the feedback to the community here, and maybe the Netgear people may look into such scenario and better protect the router to not cause this issue, or provide some kind of log that would help to debug.
I've had the same problems ever since getting this system. Bought it at Costco and took the first one back figuring it was a bad unit. This one is just as bad. Hopefully I can take it back too. The system is completely unstable and NONE of the parental controls ever work. I'm definitely changing brands as I spend more time rebooting the router and trying to get it to work that I do actually USING IT!
Thanks for the advice. I just did a complete factory reset with the latest version (not the beta) a couple of weeks ago. I'll give this a try to get things back up and running but it's super frustrating to have to reset everything. Incredibly time consuming for something that shouldn't be such a pain.
OK, please try the now offical v2.1.3.4 which they posted. Its the very same as what I linked too. Users have reported having much better experiences with v2.1.3.4. I know it's a pain, however reset everything and set up from scratch.
Bnaevewrote:Thanks for the advice. I just did a complete factory reset with the latest version (not the beta) a couple of weeks ago. I'll give this a try to get things back up and running but it's super frustrating to have to reset everything. Incredibly time consuming for something that shouldn't be such a pain.
