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Orbi RBR50 frequently losing connection
I've had the Orbi RBR50 for nearly 2 years with no issues. Just a couple days ago, however, it has suddenly started losing connection several times a day. The connection is fine when I connect my P...
I started having similar issues this past Sunday morning and its still an issue. I had google DNS, Cloud Flaire, and Open DNS listed in that order in my orbi router. Just to make it simple for troubleshooting purposes, i set it to automatically pull from ISP and that for worked for several hours, but then it stopped working again. Workaround was I statically set my current PC that I'm using to post this comment to use google DNS. Everything else in the household that uses DHCP and uses my Orbi router for the DNS is affected by this. This a big issue has I have several devices that doesn't allow to statically configured IP, let alone just DNS.
Issue has appear to crop for many users this past weekend. Not sure if its related to Daylight savings time.
Not sure about the rules on posting links to other sites, but check out reddit and search for "Orbi dropping DNS"
My RBR50 firmware version is currently at V2.7.2.104 and have been on it for a good month..
Latest (currently) firmware V2.7.2.104
Connections failing on all home devices - DNS failure.
Log on to the main router and do anything like:
- change from ISP provided DNS
- hard-coded DNS servers (tried the ones from my ISP as well as OpenDNS addresses)
- Reboot the device
Any of these things seem to "fix" the issue temporarily. Seems to occur every few hours.
Hopefully Netgear is aware of the cause and working on a fix!!
jimih wrote:Latest (currently) firmware V2.7.2.104
Connections failing on all home devices - DNS failure.
Log on to the main router and do anything like:
- change from ISP provided DNS
- hard-coded DNS servers (tried the ones from my ISP as well as OpenDNS addresses)
- Reboot the device
Any of these things seem to "fix" the issue temporarily. Seems to occur every few hours.
Hopefully Netgear is aware of the cause and working on a fix!!
The sad part it happens every time a new firmware is released
