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BillYoung
Luminary
Mar 16, 2021
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RBR50 - 2.7.2.104 firmware - Issues?

To whom it may concern, FURRYe38: After upgrading my firmware to 2.7.2.104, I have been having issues.  Devices successfully connect to the Orbi, but have no internet.  If I reboot the Orbi and ...
  • BillYoung's avatar
    BillYoung
    Mar 16, 2021

    Hi FURRYe38:

     

    So far so good (very short timeframe).  Also, changed the NTP server from Netgear's to time.nist.gov.  If I continue to have connectivity issues, I'll do the factory reset and re-setup from scratch.  Thanks for your help.

vajim's avatar
vajim
Master
Mar 31, 2021
Ursa99 wrote:

As requested.

vajim wrote:
Ursa99 wrote:

8 Hours...

check back in 48 hours

48+ hours and all is well.

Thanks.  I wish ALL could report the same

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 31, 2021

    Please post about this over in the Orbi with LTE forum as you may have a different problem from Orbi AC systems:

    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-LTE/bd-p/en-home-orbi-lte

     

    Thank you.

    Viking42 wrote:

    On my LBR 20

    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/LBR20-internet-signal-loss/m-p/2078542

     

    Disabled the traffic meter and changed the NTP about 14h hours ago

    I just had the internet signal hanging again 

     

    So traffic meter is not the solution for me 

     

  • Embattle's avatar
    Embattle
    Guide
    Apr 01, 2021

    So far since I disabled Traffic meter yesterday morning I've not had another DNS issue, whereas before I was having it 3+ times a day.

  • vajim's avatar
    vajim
    Master
    Apr 01, 2021

    The one question I have about the Traffic Meter....is that something that must be activated by the user?  Mine is and always has been deactivated.  So I'm wondering why and how the Traffic Meter came to be turned on by so many users in this forum?  What does it do for the user?  

  • Ha_Ku_Na's avatar
    Ha_Ku_Na
    Luminary
    Apr 01, 2021
    vajim wrote:

    The one question I have about the Traffic Meter....is that something that must be activated by the user?  Mine is and always has been deactivated.  So I'm wondering why and how the Traffic Meter came to be turned on by so many users in this forum?  What does it do for the user?  

    i guess you have tested it, or not ?
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/forums/forumtopicprintpage/board-id/Orbi/message-id/117725/print-single-message/true/page/1

  • Embattle's avatar
    Embattle
    Guide
    Apr 01, 2021
    I think mine became active when I started to use the app more, since one of the buttons in the application relates to traffic.
  • vajim's avatar
    vajim
    Master
    Apr 01, 2021
    Ha_Ku_Na wrote:
    vajim wrote:

    The one question I have about the Traffic Meter....is that something that must be activated by the user?  Mine is and always has been deactivated.  So I'm wondering why and how the Traffic Meter came to be turned on by so many users in this forum?  What does it do for the user?  

    i guess you have tested it, or not ?
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/forums/forumtopicprintpage/board-id/Orbi/message-id/117725/print-single-message/true/page/1

    I've tested it and we discussed it before.   BUT if you read and understood my question I'm asking for those that had problems did you turn on the traffic meter or was the default setting always on?  Mine was off then I tested and back to off.  

  • vajim's avatar
    vajim
    Master
    Apr 01, 2021
    Embattle wrote:
    I think mine became active when I started to use the app more, since one of the buttons in the application relates to traffic.

    So you don't remember turning it on manually?

     

    I never use the app. 

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 01, 2021

    TM is disabled by default. You have to enabled it and configure it with in the RBRs web page for it to be used in the web page or Orbi app. I just enabled mine on the RBRs web page and it now appears in the Orbi app. 

    Embattle wrote:
    I think mine became active when I started to use the app more, since one of the buttons in the application relates to traffic.

     

  • vajim's avatar
    vajim
    Master
    Apr 01, 2021
    FURRYe38 wrote:

    TM is disabled by default. You have to enabled it and configure it with in the RBRs web page for it to be used in the web page or Orbi app. I just enabled mine on the RBRs web page and it now appears in the Orbi app. 

     

    default (disabled) would mean that users had to go looking (in this case) trouble

     

    Telling others that you enabled yours during this firmware foul up is not smart.

     

     

  • NetBuddy's avatar
    NetBuddy
    Star
    Apr 01, 2021

    I'm a Network Engineer and saw it in the app and turned it on.  It is off by default.

    Once I read this thread, I shut it off and my network stabilized.

    Stay away from this feature until Netgear fixes it and reports it as fixed in the release notes.

    I'm still happily running 2.7.2.102.  No issues.

    David