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What happened to the log and Attached Devices
What happened to the log and Attached Devices. I had my router set to email me the list of attached devices every morning, but a couple of weeks ago it stopped including this list. What changed?
Sorry, misunderstood the question. After I had responded, I realized that my router is not getting the latest version when I ask it to check it self, so I did a manual check and found I was way behind. I have now installed 2,7,5,4, and I can see attached devices in the log again.
Problem solved.
Thanks.
mor10 wrote:
I had my router RBR50 set to email me the list of attached devices every morning, but a couple of weeks ago it stopped including this list.
I am not aware of a feature to email a list of attached devices. Is this "literally" what was happening, or did you use a program to extract DHCP assignments from the Orbi log and compare the MAC address to a list in the database?
Approximately how many devices are connected to this Orbi system?
Strictly speaking, what it used to send was a list of all device connections since the last log 24 hours ago. So what seem to have stopped is the logging of a device connecting.
While messing around in the settings, I discovered that my main PC, intentionally set to a fixed IP address, was registered with the wrong MAC ID. As soon as I corrected this, the log has restarted to log connections again. Here is an example of one device connection:
[DHCP IP: 10.0.0.19] to MAC address 24:ee:9a:50:18:ec, Monday, April 01, 2024 13:54:01
Same graph showing recognized connections. By tomorrow the list should be back to normal.
How many devices do you have?
Also you maybe in a double NAT condition as well if the RBR is handing out 10.x IP addresses?
mor10 wrote:
Strictly speaking, what it used to send was a list of all device connections since the last log 24 hours ago. So what seem to have stopped is the logging of a device connecting.
Thanks. If the DHCP entries are being extracted from the log, then technically these are more likely devices renewing their existing lease with the router. Like many residential routers, Netgear Orbi assigns IP addresses with a one day lease (actually 86,400 seconds). The DHCP protocol is for devices to attempt to renew the lease when 1/2 of the time remains. I typically observe two renewals per day for devices that are constantly powered on.
There is a known memory leak problem with the RBR50 router which might be interfering with the log file mechanism.
On the Access Control page, how many devices appear in the three lists:
- Devices currently attached
- Allowed devices that are not currently attached
- Blocked devices that are not currently attached
