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Mariebrba
Apr 26, 2020Follower
ORBI RBR50 wifi issue
Home installation: One Orbi router RBR50 connected to 3 Orbi satellites RBS50. Router firmware is at this moment V2.5.1.8. I had trouble updating through the app and had to use the webbrowser. ...
FURRYe38
Apr 26, 2020Guru
What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected. https://kb.netgear.com/000036466/How-far-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite-from-my-Orbi-router
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
Try disabling the following and see:
Armor, Circle, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Set Short preamble instead of Long preamble modes. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
Above suggestions working:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Throttling-Devices-RBK53/m-p/1858561/highlight/true#M81925
Please factory reset and setup from scratch as suggested. FW is not the problem.
You can upgrade to v16 if needed or last resort. Working well for me.
Mariebrba wrote:Home installation: One Orbi router RBR50 connected to 3 Orbi satellites RBS50.
Router firmware is at this moment V2.5.1.8. I had trouble updating through the app and had to use the webbrowser.
MAIN PROBLEM: Losing connection randomly and very often.
OTHER PROBLEMS:
-No new firmware available on app or webbrowser, yet there is on the netgear website...
-Internet connection status on the app vs the webbrowser aren't the same : "Offline" =/= "GOOD"...
Ever since installation 2(?) years ago we have hade trouble with losing connection ad random. Most of the time it would solve itself after a few sec/min, but other times I rebooted through the app or pulled the plug out of the router and waited a bit with inserting it again. Any of those would fix the problem, for a while.
There are times we lose connection more often than others. For a year or so it went alright.
I think the problems re-occured because of the new firmware update that needed to happen. But since we did the update to V2.5.1.8 we have had the "Offline" status atleast once a day. Reading on the forum about the Connection Status of the router and re-newing the lease fixes the problem instantly that is what I have been doing for the past few weeks.
However, this can't be normal, can it?
What can I do to fix this problem permanently?
I did notice there is a new update online, yet on my webbrowser and through the app it says my router is up to date.
Another "off-"thing is the fact that when we lose connection, the app clearly states "Internet: Offline", yet when I go to the webbrowser (to renew that lease) it always says "Internet connection: GOOD".
- Retired_MemberApr 26, 2020
already working the FW issue