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Orbi firmware V2.6.0.108 no longer allows Orbi App connection
I let the Orbi insight app update my router and satelites to V2.6.0.108 and now i am unable to connect to my network through the local Orbi App. I have tried all troubleshooting steps(I could connec...
Same to me as as well. Updated the SRS60, SRR60, and the RB50Y to 2.6.0.108 and lost the Orbi App connection. I contacted support and the response from netgear was that it was intentional. That the ability to support both Insight and Orbi app was too much for them and from 2.6 on only the Insight app would be supported. I then download and installed the Insight app, registered my Orbi Pro router and voila - the support for the router is horrible. It doesn't show connected devices, it doesn't let you modify the settings, it only let's you reboot the router(and presumably satellites too). With that , Netgear also dropped the free version of Insight(you still get a trial) in fovor of a subscription. Since I can't really manage the router and network with the Insight app, I won't be subscribing. Oh, and BTW, they said if I still wanted to use the Orbi App, I could downgrade the firmware. But of course, then I'm stuck with no further enhancements or bug fixes for the Orbi Pro system.
Another thing, has anyone noticed that the wifi internet connections are dropping constantly with the new firmware? Seems every 15 or 20 minutes that my laptop loses access to the internet and I have to toggle the wifi off and then on(or disconnect from the network and reconnect) to get internet access back. It started on 2.5.5.100 and continues on 2.6.0.108. I don't remember it being so frequent on 2.5.4.104. I can verify that I still have an IP address, but am unable to ping my router. I've checked for OS updates, etc. to make sure that isn't it. It happens on my iPad, and my phone too!
Dear Netgear Management:
Am I to understand that I can no longer use the ORbi app to access my SRR60 (Orbi Pro) router and satellites? And that I'm forced to use your Insight app, which expires in March and Netgear will force me to pay a monthly/annual fee, just so I can perform normal activities on my router?
I do not own any other Orbi gear. I don't have a huge network of Netgear devices that require complex management. I don't need whatever the Insight app provides. According to your "Insight Services" features, if I buy Insight Pro I get:
- Network Topology Map - which for me, is simply an image of the router and 2 satellites. The "Map" doesn't display anything else because I don't own any other Netgear network devices.
- Ping and Traceroute - good god, every router ever manufactured for the past 25 years does this
- Radio-Level Configuration - I don't use this, I don't need this
- DHCP IP reservation - see "Ping and Traceroute"
- "Introduces Instant Captive Portal 1 AP 5-year subscription SKU" - I don't need this, I don't want this, I didn't pay to have this feature when I bought the SRR60.
So why am I being forced to pay for a "Pro" subscription? I don't use any of the "features" of your Insight app. I don't need the Insight app. I can't use the Insight app because it doesn't do anything useful that I can't do with the Orbi app.
Further, the Insight app STILL (after months and years of waiting) STILL doesn't display all my wifi: Wireless 1, Wireless 2, Wireless 3, AND Guest Portal. The firmware update 'ability' doesn't work ("Update failed" every time).
I appreciate that you don't want to support both the Orbi app and the Insight app for Orbi Pro users. But you are still obligated to provide basic router configuration management for your Pro users. You can have tiered capabilities for those users that have need of more complex management capability. But what about basic Pro users that just need to update, configure, reboot, and review their router?
This is not the way to increase your market share. This is how you die.
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