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mkfein
Aug 02, 2019Star
WiFi Slow after 2-3 days until reboot?
I'm really at my wits end fighting with this Orbi System. I've read all the relevant forum posts I could find and am still struggling. I have 200 Mb/s service from Xfinity. Orbi RBR50 is connecte...
Geddy007
Dec 02, 2020Aspirant
Yes, I had to reboot the router after disconnecting the smart TV. After that, it has stayed fast for me for months after that and didn't drop every few days any more.
southbay82
Dec 03, 2020Aspirant
For the tech saavy on this thread who don't want to shell out another $400 for network gear.
A weekly reboot does the trick. I have a raspberry pi at home, and setup a script to execute on the crontab and it's worked like a charm for a month. This script will log an entry to the system log with the prefix "[orbi]" if you wanted to see any history.
Crontab Entry - I keep this script in /opt/scripts/orbi, you can store it where you like.
#Sunday
30 6 * * 0 /opt/scripts/orbi/invoke-reboot-orbi.sh
Bash script below, found this on github and slightly modified.
#!/bin/sh
#Parameters
ROOT_DIR=/opt/scripts/orbi
USER_PASS="your password"
LOGGER_TAG="[orbi]"
logger -t $LOGGER_TAG "Rebooting Orbi...."
#Clear previous cookie
rm $ROOT_DIR/orbi.cookie 2>/dev/null
rm $ROOT_DIR/reboot.htm 2>/dev/null
#Authenticate, get cookie, and token
wget -O $ROOT_DIR/reboot.htm --user admin --password $USER_PASS --keep-session-cookies --save-cookies $ROOT_DIR/orbi.cookie "http://192.168.1.1/reboot.htm"
#Parse token
temp_token=$(grep "apply" $ROOT_DIR/reboot.htm | cut -d"=" -f4 | cut -d "\"" -f1)
echo "temp_token = $temp_token"
#Execute the reboot
wget -O $ROOT_DIR/result --user admin --password $USER_PASS --load-cookies $ROOT_DIR/orbi.cookie --post-data "submit_flag=reboot&yes=Yes" "http://192.168.1.1/apply.cgi?/reboot_waiting.htm timestamp=$temp_token"
#Cleanup
rm $ROOT_DIR/orbi.cookie 2>/dev/null
rm $ROOT_DIR/reboot.htm 2>/dev/null
#rm $ROOT_DIR/result 2>/dev/null
#Touch tracker
touch $ROOT_DIR/last_run
#Return to previous path
exit 0
- fmalloyDec 03, 2020Luminary
Thanks for this, however it's sad that something like this is needed.
- jeremyblewisDec 03, 2020Aspirant
I've experienced the same issues described in this thread, namely my WiFi connections slowing to ~40 Mbps every week or so. However, the issue disappeared after updating my firmware to v2.7.0.70 about two months ago.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062320/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-7-0-70
- FURRYe38Dec 03, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Theres a more recent verson of v2.7 as well:
jeremyblewis wrote:I've experienced the same issues described in this thread, namely my WiFi connections slowing to ~40 Mbps every week or so. However, the issue disappeared after updating my firmware to v2.7.0.70 about two months ago.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062320/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-7-0-70
- fmalloyDec 03, 2020Luminary
jeremyblewis wrote:I've experienced the same issues described in this thread, namely my WiFi connections slowing to ~40 Mbps every week or so. However, the issue disappeared after updating my firmware to v2.7.0.70 about two months ago.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062320/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-7-0-70
Thanks for this, however I've got an RBR20/RBS20 experiencing this problem, and the firmware for that hasn't updated since April (2.5.1.16). If it is a firmware bug common to both models I sure hope they update my model.