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I've experienced the same magenta light double reboots with daily frequency
Mine now SAYS I have multiple day uptime, it I've experienced the same magenta light double reboots with daily frequency. The only difference for me is that the debug page no longer registers these.
My issues started early-mid May at the same time as the "bad" firmware that was pushed. I lost access to my interface at that time and cursed Spectrum, only to find it was my Orbi having the issues. I've since worked with both Netgear support and Christine directly, and have resolved all but the magenta light / "reboot" that happens. It's the EXACT same symptoms as before but nowhere debug log shows my system has been "up" through it, whereas before, when I would get the magenta light, my system uptime would reset. This change happened when I got the seal package -2 applied.
Current firmware version: 4.6.8.5_2.1.19. I have not performed a factory reset and am very much trying to avoid doing so, since I have cameras etc installed that might involve climbing to re-setup.
ISP: Spectrum; Modem: Arris TM1602A
Home size: 1700 sq ft; satellites are ~40ft from the router, one is on the ground floor, one upstairs, and one in an outbuilding at the back of the yard. I've since unplugged that one in hopes that might solve something.
Channels: auto and 48
Yes, wifi neighbors, approx 6 in range but only 2 with half decent signal strength for me.
As I mentioned above, my initial inclination was to curse Spectrum for the "outages" I thought I was having. Then I found the Reddit thread and subsequently the threads here, regarding the fw issue. I didn't experience any of these problems prior to the fw release, and since I installed the new fw, I have run to my modem when these magenta lights happen, and see no change in the lights on my modem. Of course I understand that doesn't necessarily mean it's not Spectrum. It's worth noting however, that I also lose connectivity to my LAN and the orbi system itself when these magenta light events happen. If it were simply a Spectrum issue, my connectivity to Orbi should not be affected - I should be able to see my system and the message that would say I'm not connected to the internet.
Thanks for your response - I appreciate the time you and the other superusers and admins have committed to solving these issues.
Current firmware version: 4.6.8.5_2.1.19. I have not performed a factory reset and am very much trying to avoid doing so, since I have cameras etc installed that might involve climbing to re-setup.
ISP: Spectrum; Modem: Arris TM1602A
Home size: 1700 sq ft; satellites are ~40ft from the router, one is on the ground floor, one upstairs, and one in an outbuilding at the back of the yard. I've since unplugged that one in hopes that might solve something.
Channels: auto and 48
Yes, wifi neighbors, approx 6 in range but only 2 with half decent signal strength for me.
As I mentioned above, my initial inclination was to curse Spectrum for the "outages" I thought I was having. Then I found the Reddit thread and subsequently the threads here, regarding the fw issue. I didn't experience any of these problems prior to the fw release, and since I installed the new fw, I have run to my modem when these magenta lights happen, and see no change in the lights on my modem. Of course I understand that doesn't necessarily mean it's not Spectrum. It's worth noting however, that I also lose connectivity to my LAN and the orbi system itself when these magenta light events happen. If it were simply a Spectrum issue, my connectivity to Orbi should not be affected - I should be able to see my system and the message that would say I'm not connected to the internet.
Thanks for your response - I appreciate the time you and the other superusers and admins have committed to solving these issues.
For that size of home, you only need the RBR and 1 RBS. Having too much in that size of home can cause problems.
I would try manual channel 1 and 40.
If you factory reset the RBR and RBS and use same SSID name and PW, your devices should reconnect with out having to touch them.
Let see what happens with 1 less RBS for now.
I unplugged my 2nd satellite a few days ago and nothing has changed. I should have been more clear on its position though - the one in the house on the 2nd floor is about 40ft from the router but the 2nd satellite was much more than 40ft away, in my workshop at the back of the property which is 7500 sq ft. I'll eventually want to reconnect that for better signal strength there once I get this issue narrowed down.
I'll give the channel thing a try and then will do the factory reset if all else fails.
One thing I noticed since I've enabled logging - my router appears to be assigning something a 192.168.2.x address. It's assigned to a MAC address I don't see in my attached devices list. I thought it was strange enough that I changed my DHCP range to 192.168.1.100-254 and rebooted all devices. That same MAC address I see in my logs now has a different 192.167.2.x address, this time in the 100+ range. My subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 so I'm confused as to why anything would have a .2.x IP address?
Examples:
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.41)] to MAC address , Wednesday, Jun 29,2022 21:12:38
[DHCP IP: (192.168.2.3)] to MAC address , Wednesday, Jun 29,2022 20:55:13
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.41)] to MAC address , Wednesday, Jun 29,2022 20:22:04
DHCP IP: (192.168.2.100)] to MAC address, Thursday, Jun 30,2022 15:54:57
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.109)] to MAC address , Thursday, Jun 30,2022 15:46:52
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.104)] to MAC address Thursday, Jun 30,2022 15:45:01
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.108)] to MAC address , Thursday, Jun 30,2022 15:29:28
[DHCP IP: (192.168.1.113)] to MAC address , Thursday, Jun 30,2022 15:20:47The Orbi AX models assign devices connected to the Guest WiFi IPs starting with 192.168.2
