Streaming from network devices stops due to constant DHCP lease renewal?

lizabny
Aspirant
Nov 20, 2018
I am seeing the same exact issue - with constant dhcp ip issuing and clients continuously dropping from the network. And my newest macbook pro willl not reconnect, and occassionally other macbooks, iphones and ipads suffer the same issue. We don't have many heavily used, non-ios clients, but my canon printer hasn't been able to be used without restarting it, either. I've also tried all sorts of various options and placements, and am stuck, and frustrated because it disrupts business video calls and demos all the time! We have a 5000 sqft home and have tried R-S-S daisy chain and S-R-S configurations, with no improvement. I'll have a day or two with no issues, and then mornings like just now where it dropped almost a dozen times within an hour.

I do notice that sometimes I'm connected to 2.4 and sometimes 5, though I don't know if it constantly flip-flops back and forth. I'll watch for that. Maybe I'll try to force the 5 connection only either through the clients or the router, and see if that stabilizes things.
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  Nov 20, 2018
  What FW is currently loaded?
  What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
  
  What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.
  
  What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
  Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
  
  Try disabling the following and see:
  MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
  
  If you updated to recent FW v.210, try enabling Daisy Chain. Some have mentioned that this seems to be working in reverse order, enabling means disabled actually for R-S-S.
  
  lizabny wrote:
  
  I am seeing the same exact issue - with constant dhcp ip issuing and clients continuously dropping from the network. And my newest macbook pro willl not reconnect, and occassionally other macbooks, iphones and ipads suffer the same issue. We don't have many heavily used, non-ios clients, but my canon printer hasn't been able to be used without restarting it, either. I've also tried all sorts of various options and placements, and am stuck, and frustrated because it disrupts business video calls and demos all the time! We have a 5000 sqft home and have tried R-S-S daisy chain and S-R-S configurations, with no improvement. I'll have a day or two with no issues, and then mornings like just now where it dropped almost a dozen times within an hour.
  
  I do notice that sometimes I'm connected to 2.4 and sometimes 5, though I don't know if it constantly flip-flops back and forth. I'll watch for that. Maybe I'll try to force the 5 connection only either through the clients or the router, and see if that stabilizes things.
  - lizabny
    Aspirant
    Nov 21, 2018
    FURRYe38 wrote:
    
    What FW is currently loaded?
    V2.2.1.210
    
    What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
    
    ISP is Spectrum Charter, and modem is Arris T1602A
    
    What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.
    router to sat1 is 57', router to sat2 is 42', sat1 to sat2 is 52 - I've tried several different configs, this is just where they're at right now.
    
    What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
    auto on 2.4, and 48 on 5. mac scan shows 11 is best for 2.4 and it is currently on 8, so I'll change that. 161 is best for 5, but that's not an option through the ui, and I haven't been able to telnet in to change it as instructed in some post.
    
    Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
    Of course, yes. My strongest RSSI via the mac scan comes in at -74 and shows three bars where I am scanning from in my office. There are seven others, strongest at -85 (two bars), weakest at -94 (one bar).
    
    Try disabling the following and see:
    MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
    done (noting that ipv6 was already disabled, and based on note below and that I'm on .210, I left daisy chain enabled) I'll check back in a day or so with updates on these settings.
    
    If you updated to recent FW v.210, try enabling Daisy Chain. Some have mentioned that this seems to be working in reverse order, enabling means disabled actually for R-S-S.
    I'll run this for a day or so, and may switch daisy chain to see if that helps/hurts. ditto for fast roaming.
    
    I've also been reading and trying the things at https://windsorwebdeveloper.com/making-netgear-orbi-great-again/ up to this point, and have dropped the 2.4 signal to 25% (I want to discourage 2.4 swapping) and 5 to 75%. And I've set my mac network hardware mtu to 1453. I may stop making so many changes or reset and do some things one at a time, if I have time to further troubleshoot once the system is stable.
    
    Thank you for your help!

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