NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
OrbiOS MR 2.1 issues
I wanted to reach out to provide a quick update on OrbiOS 2.1 software. We believe that these issues are affecting some users. Rest assured that we've been following this issue and working hard beh...
Can anyone confirm if the current 2.0 firmware doesn't break with a special character in the psk?
I've noticed the wireless speeds (time machine, plex & all internal connections) seem to be slower on 2.1
After 6 hours yesterday of factory resets and testing I can state without a fact that a password of ALL numbers will break your security/DHCP server.
I downgraded my firmware to 2.0.1.4 and forgot to change the password. When I went in to set it to our "standard" password of all numbers I immediately had an issue connecting again. Over the next couple of hours I went through several factory resets and the end result was the same.
Finally, I performed a factory reset and left the ORBI SSID and PASSWORD. The unit was stable for an hour so I logged in and changed the SSID to our SSID leaving the default ORBI password. The unit was stable for an hour so I then logged in and changed the password to an 8 number one. Immediately I had issues. I connected to the router with an ethernet cable and the DHCP server had issues assigning me an IP. After approximately 5 minutes I received one and changed the PASSWORD to a mix of alpha numeric characters. It started working when it updated the router and propogated to the satellite.
It has now been 12 hours with no issues of connecting, no drops, and no speed issues. I now have to go around and update 50+ devices (cameras, remotes, tablets, thermostats, etc) today.
Hope this helps someone else not waste hours and hours chasing an issue that should not be there. This was not an issue in 2.2.18.
JC
I have a special character in my new password and it is working fine on 2.0.1.4
