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jaybeedee
Oct 18, 2024Aspirant
RBR550 Streaming Device falls in and out of network
I have an Orbi RBR50 with a main router and two extenders. I use an audio streaming device, Cambridge Audio MXN10 (and sometimes a Blusount Node) that operates as a dedicated music streamer, which pu...
jaybeedee
Oct 21, 2024Aspirant
Thank you very much for this diagnostic lead. I have two obstacles in working with it.
1) I can't sign onto the Orbi app. Every effort leads to a "Your request has timed out" error message in five seconds. Do you (or anyone) have any advice on fixing this. In Netgear's infinite arrogance, there is NO access to direct help on this issue.
2) Once I get in, I will have to see how well I can check on the individual IP addresses. I'm pretty good technically, but this may be a little above my expertise (TBD).
jaybeedee
Oct 22, 2024Aspirant
Given the challenges of even getting onto the app, I ended up springing for the $100 Netgear service. Ultimately, I believe we did solve the problem. I have a modem/router from my ISP, and my Orbi is connected to it. Both the modem/router and the Orbi router were transmitting to the same network - creating two different "lines".
The overall process was more involved than I'll describe (because it also involved diagnosing the issue) but the end solution was to call ATT to turn the router off on the modem. Now only the Orbi is transmitting WiFi.
We ended up speaking with two reps at ATT. The first took A FREAKING HOUR to make massive adjustments, asking for my MAC address and "Port Range", the latter of which I could not give her. I got back to Netgear who confirmed that this made no sense. We called ATT again and got a new rep who turned off the router in five minutes.
I had honestly thought that I disabled the ATT router during initial set up - but either I didn't or it somehow got reenabled.