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Orbi RBR50 + Circle frequent DNS failures
I've spent the better part of the past two weeks troubleshooting some DNS issues. They are similar to those reported recently here and probably here and related to similar reports as long as a year ...
I've already given up trying to get Orbi to function as a proper Router + Disney + Armor, because it's nothing but trouble. To get Orbi to a stable state, I have to disable practically everything that I could disable, including its internal DNS and DHCP client. I'm currently keeping Orbi for its WiFi capability and delegate all other router functions to DIY pfSense Router Firewall.
I went through a similar pain before I settled on the current setup, which has been holding up quite well during Stay-At-Home order.
- SB8200 -> pfSense -> Orbi AP Mode with static DNS servers and IP address
I settled on pfSense because I need a reliable Gigabit Router with enterprise class DNS resolver, DHCP, Firewall, DNS Filtering, VPN, plus a whole bunch of other features that I don't really need. If you're comfortable with installing pfSense, it's worth a shot.
I took your advice and I did a router restore and all is good in the world, so far.
One thing I noticed is that IPV6 is turned off in default. I had mine set to dhcp. This created the issues with all things apple since they're the only ones that use IPV6 vis a vis IPV4.
But that also means that this router does a bad job with IPV6 and the only way to resolve it is to shut down the IOS ability to use IPV6 and downgrade to 4...
Whatever. It works and my kids are surprised their mac and ios phones and working on the home wifi. They tell me they've been using data.
Good to hear that the reset helped. I'd keep Circle disabled for now until NG gets this fixed.
Be sure to make a backup configuration to file for safe keeping.
Smge1lc wrote:I took your advice and I did a router restore and all is good in the world, so far.
One thing I noticed is that IPV6 is turned off in default. I had mine set to dhcp. This created the issues with all things apple since they're the only ones that use IPV6 vis a vis IPV4.
But that also means that this router does a bad job with IPV6 and the only way to resolve it is to shut down the IOS ability to use IPV6 and downgrade to 4...
Whatever. It works and my kids are surprised their mac and ios phones and working on the home wifi. They tell me they've been using data.