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ORBI now showing offline devices too
I was updated to the latest fw this morning. Now the ORBI app under Network Map, lists both online and offline devices which is kind of a pain, since I don’t need/care to see offline devices. It...
Got a call from Netgear Level 2 support yesterday. This seems like a feature change in the app. Being escalated to the engineering team. There is nothing wrong with the app it the new behavior makes it harder (and more annoying) to navigate in the app.
Also, doing a factory reset just can’t be the answer to everything - my two cents.
Also, doing a factory reset just can’t be the answer to everything - my two cents.
My concern is, are these offline devices tying up IP addresses eventually leading to no available IPs as devices pull new leases, especially with the roll out of private WiFi-addresses. And for someone whom has static routes, IP reservations, and V-lans setup I refuse to accept a factory reset as an acceptable resolution and I certainly have neither the time nor desire to sit here and manually remove/delete each device one by one. Industry standard for a DHCP lease is 72 hours, considering it would appear there is no expiration for leases in the Orbi system I would think that to be a reasonable place for the Engineering and Development team to start