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AmitR
Jan 03, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
OrbiOS 2.1.1
The Orbi team at NETGEAR is aware that some users are experiencing higher than expected Orbi Router reboots, special characters in WiFi Passwords and WiFi / Internet disconnects. We believe these is...
- Jan 16, 2018
Let me give you a quick update on where NETGEAR is with the OrbiOS.
Just before Christmas break, we paused the distribution of OrbiOS 2.1. Very soon, we're about to restart the distribution of a slightly updated version of the beta (2.1.2). In addition to the major new features introduced in 2.1 (e.g. Circle, Ethernet Backhaul), this firmware is expected to address the high CPU issue, as well as the special character in PSK issue as well as support for the Outdoor Orbi. Check Release Notes for complete list.
We are continuing to work on the issues with Google devices that have been documented in the press (several users have provided links here).
My recommendation is that you should either use the Orbi Mobile App (if you haven't seen it recently, check it out, we've made some major improvements) or the Web UI to check for new firmware or wait until your system gets auto-upgraded.
To answer your question, Stars_fan. When Orbi are connected over Ethernet backhaul, the 5GHz band becomes hot standby.
Orbi Product Management
budy
Jan 08, 2018Luminary
Anyone already poked at the telnet access, which you can acticate on the debug page? I poked around a bit and found that, although the devices list is totally borked on my setup, the bridges pretty much tell me that the wireless devices are located on the device router/sat on which one would expect them to be.
I don't know, why the UI doesn't grasp that, but it seems to be only a minor issue, which should be easy to fix
I have put the two of my Orbi devices under tight surveillance by my network monitoring, should either of them fall of the net, it will be noted.
nXXo
Jan 08, 2018Apprentice
I finally fixed my problem with my orbi, very easy... I returned it to the store and got a velop linkys kit, this thing is rock solid. Good luck all