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Orbi Circle multiple problems esp. frequent internet drops
I wanted to report on my experiences with Orbi/Circle for anyone trying to googling these problems. I orirginally got an RBR50 back in July, Circle ran without any problems to early Jan (20...
Here is a sample output of my file from today. As you can see it drops the connection every 4 seconds a few times then restablishes a continuous connection... this is not good for people like myself who use a remote desktop session to connect to work.
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 09:52:54
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 09:52:58
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 09:53:02
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 09:53:06
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 09:53:10
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 09:59:30
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 10:07:55
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 10:07:59
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 10:08:03
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 10:08:07
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 10:22:55
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 10:22:59
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 10:23:03
cannot reach 8.8.8.8 02/16/2021 10:23:07
If you turn Circle off does it go away?
Netgear support has been in contact, they had me try various things and run various debugs.
I will report back at the end of the process (the outcome is not clear yet)
Karl
- Hi Karl
I used to use opendns that was supplied with orbi and didn't have a problem.
Its a shame they stopped providing it as an option.
It has to be something to do with circle and how it works.
Cheers
Rob