Wow!!! Orbi Firmware V2.0.0.72 Released

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nxc wrote:

BEWARE: After doing a factory reset I discovered I could no longer edit VLAN tag settings in the administrative interface. I tried this on Safari and Chrome on macOS, as well as Edge on Windows. I would enable VLAN, select the second option ("By VLAN tag group"), hit Edit, and then change the tag. Upon hitting APPLY, the page would reload but it would not save the new values. I can't say if it's specific to my Orbi, if it's a bad firmware update, or if it's a new GUI bug, but this one hit me.

 

Ultimately I figured out the setting in NVRAM and was able to manually set the correct VLAN through telnet and then use the GUI to "apply" the setting. That got me back online. If you run into this trouble yourself, you can do the following:

 

1. Enable telnet at orbilogin.com/debug.htm
2. Sign into telnet (instructions for macOS): 

   telnet 192.168.1.1 23

3. Manually change the VLAN tag (instructions for CenturyLink Gigabit, replace the XXX with the VLAN you need):

   nvram set vlan_tag_1=1 Internet XXX 0 0 0

4. Then go to the VLAN settings in the admin, enable VLAN. You should see the new VLAN tag you entered in place of the default. Hit APPLY.

 

So tired of having to find new ways to fix this thing.

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Welp, after discovering some flakiness among my Amazon Echos around the house, I rebooted the router (running 2.0.0.74) and discovered my speeds had cratered again.

At that point I threw up my hands and reinstalled the Asus RT-AC88U as the router and have now relegated the Orbi to Access Point duties only. Flying smooth and fast now.

I will never buy another Netgear product.