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AmitR
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 07, 2018

OrbiOS 2.1.4 + Homekit

We’ve been monitoring issues that some users have experienced on OrbiOS 2.1.4 with Apple Homekit.  In response, to those customers, we’re releasing firmware that provides a temporary work around to c...
Troubleshooting
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eljarviso
Luminary
May 16, 2018

I haven't seen the problems but it might be something to do with my setup.   I have a seperate router and am running the Orbi's in AP mode.  I have an Apple TV 4K as my main hub and a regular Apple TV 4 as backup.  Maybe there is some blocking when Orbi is running in router mode.

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AC641
Luminary
May 16, 2018

I've experienced problems with Philips Hue (I don't have any Apple HomeKit) and I'm running the Orbi in AP mode.  v2.1.4.14 of the firmware seems to have resolved the issues for me.