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Unstable network—need advice (warning—long)
I would appreciate some help and advice from this community (and the experts like furry and any Netgear folks) on how to get my network faster and more stable. Here are the details:
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Chris:
Thanks for the reply. I actually was moving away from Apple gear as it is EOL. But in fact I did have the Orbi set up in Access Point mode originally as a test with my old Airport stuff still in place. It was making the leap to an Orbi centric universe that got me into trouble.
Since my Orbi Router grabs the .1 IP address automatically, I can leave that alone. But I will take your advice and give the 2 Satellites fixed IP addresses under the orbilogin page (like .2 and .3) instead of the ones dynamically asigned by the router. Thus maybe in a restart/reset issue, the router and satellites will find each other more qucikly.
I still have not had time to try this and also try to hook up Ethernet drops and attempt wired backhaul again.
So I finally got time to work on the network. I first assigned fixed IP addresses in orbilogin to the 2 satellites. Had to reboot the router for this to take effect. Waited a while to see the satellites back on the network (wieless backhaul). Then attached 1 at a time to my Ethernet network. In about 5 minutes the main floor satellite got a wired backhaul connection. Good. Tried to get the upstairs one to connect. Not so good. Had to disconnect, reboot as wireless backhaul, wait a while, then reconnect to my Ethernet network. Now I have both Orbi staellites as wired backhaul. Really great speed. I will need to cross my fingers and wait to see if this is stable.
Thanks to all for your help. Wish that this whole system was more robust and stable and allowed for a smoother setup and config.
Let us know how it is in a couple of days...if nothing happens before then.
- I've gotten mine stable as well for the time being. The speed is not what it was prior to last firmware update. Really hoping that Netgear fixes that part.
...so far, so good.
BTW, I forgot to mention a 'feature' when trying to set the system up. When the router would be having trouble connecting to the satellites, or I would be trying to reboot the router or the satellites, it appears that the Orbi router would be spitting out some odd traffic on the LAN. My alarm system (connected on the LAN by a static IP) would get a bunch of false alarm messages and go off. My Lutron HomeWorks lighting system (not even actively 'connected' or showing as a device in the orbilogin list, but connected to my LAN) would start randomly flashing lights off and on. I had to unplug my alarm system until I got the Orbi system to stabilize. What a house of cards....
- For some reason it's seen as a dos attack on the router.
Chris:
Not sure I understand...the fixed IP devices (HomeWorks & alarm system) look like DDOS attacks to the Router? The devices seem to think they are getting lots of odd packets/messages which is what causes the havoc.
- What I'm saying is the reason that happens is because the is a big in the firmware that Netgear hasn't fixed. Your satellites also appear like a denial of service attack to the router when you hard wire.
