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nortakales
May 06, 2022Tutor
RBR850 We can't find your Orbi
Today my internet connection suddenly dropped while I was working. Upon troubleshooting, I found that the Orbi app, and 192.168.1.1 from my PC, are both no longer working. The app says "We can't find...
- May 18, 2022
**Updated 5/25/2022 at 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Hello Orbi Family!
Thank you all so very much for sharing your experience with us! As previously mentioned, based on the feedback we received after deploying the first patch to a select group of customers, we learned that we had an opportunity to improve the next interaction of the patch. I am happy to say we have tested this patch internally and start to roll it out to those of you who have already submitted your serial numbers. This group includes those that were in the first round so that your Device List and Armor services will be restored without any intervention on your side.
Update: If you've private messaged me and have not received a response, I promise I'm not ignoring you! đ As you can imagine, I have received quite a lot of messages. To ensure the patch is pushed out to as many of you as possible, I am focusing on grabbing the information and getting it in the hands that need it to push the update.
Update: We have begun to roll out this patch in a phased approach. Several of you should have received the patch overnight. You can check to see if you're system received the patch by going to http://orbilogin.net/debug.htm and confirming the SeAL value shows -2. If you are unable to access this page it means the router has not received the patch. If you've submitted your serial number to me on or before 6 PM last night 5/24/2022, please restart your system by unplugging it and plugging it back in and wait approximately 5 minutes after the router is fully restarted and check again. We have heard a second restart has proven more successful if the router was affected by this issue.
For more information please visit: NETGEAR is rolling out a fix for an issue affecting the Orbi RBK85x and RBK75x Series Mesh Systems.
Please note: the satellites do not need to be updated at this time and may show on a different firmware version. This is expected.
Please continue to add the results of your experience with this issue so we can look into this further if needed. If this is a new issue after being able to access the router settings please create a new topic for better visibility. Thank you!
Best Regards to All,
Christine
Jroach
May 22, 2022Luminary
CurtTerp I second your points about Pi (or other similar devices), @ChristineT being a trooper, and regression testing.
Curious, you mentioned "Your Orbi 6". On the status page Netgear says: "We are aware of an issue affecting the Orbi RBK85x and RBK75x Series Mesh WiFi 6 Systems,".
Is this wider spread than the Banner on the NG site says?
CurtTerp
May 22, 2022Tutor
Jroach Yes the banner is there, but look down and the status items are all green. Now I do understand that it is systems on their end, I was not commenting on the banner, but the systems status. Yes, I could have let that out.
Companies show how much they value their customers by the resources that they put behind a problem. Netgear might have a lot of resources trying to fix the crap that they forced out on people, but as for customer-facing resources, there is only one. By not giving ChristineT any help in this forum to answer questions, help coordinate beta test pushes, and gather information shows how little they value their customers.
Not rolling this back while they scratch their heads on what they broke is another indication of they don't value their customers. I guess they do not have any procedures in place to roll back any firmware when they push crappy firmware out. That is bad policy.
- JroachMay 22, 2022Luminary
CurtTerp Thanks and agree. Just so I'm clear...Is your Orbi a model 6xx.
I'm trying to put all the info together regarding this problem and pen an email to Daniel (home products) and Patrick (CEO). I often find that they are not hiding but not informed or the scope of the problem has been filtered. I have the access but want to make certain I am on-point.
Thanks in advance for your info?
- HimshahMay 22, 2022ApprenticeGreat idea. Please do it. I tried calling to no avail. They canât not know though. If they donât know, that would be worst management. Thanks for trying.
- CurtTerpMay 22, 2022Tutor
Jroach My system is an RBR750 and a pair of RBS750. They call it Orbi 6 because of the WiFi 6 protocols.
Firmware on all three devices is v4.6.5.14
and it is funny that I can access the webpage of the satellites, but not the router. Even though the Orbi app says it cannot connect to the router, I still can see the network map see things that are connected to the router and satellites, and see the details of all three devices.