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NBN issue with latest firmware versions
I use a RBR750 with 2 satellites and they were just running perfectly. I am connected to NBN and I never needed to reboot and the connection to the internet was stable and great. Later came firmw...
It has been pointed out from the logs that there are many DHCP requests from several sources followed by a disconnect event. Thank you for this!
I now have assigned most of my devices a reserved IP address and have also enabled IPv6 on the ORBI.
Then I updated the firmware to the latest version 7.2.6.31 which never worked longer than 1 day. For the FW upgrade, I used this time the ORBI app on my phone.
Since then, no more crashes, everything runs very smoothly.
I will further monitor it, but it seems to me these frequent DHCP requests have caused the system to crash. Strange though, a DHCP request should be a very basic function...
I've passed this on to a NG moderator. NG will need to take a look and see what is happening since this seems to be a problem between this particular ISP, ONT and Orbi v7 FW. No idea when this will be resolved. If it does get resolve, you'll need to check back with next FW update, something past v.31. For now keep v4 FW loaded since that seems to work best.
It has been pointed out from the logs that there are many DHCP requests from several sources followed by a disconnect event. Thank you for this!
I now have assigned most of my devices a reserved IP address and have also enabled IPv6 on the ORBI.
Then I updated the firmware to the latest version 7.2.6.31 which never worked longer than 1 day. For the FW upgrade, I used this time the ORBI app on my phone.
Since then, no more crashes, everything runs very smoothly.
I will further monitor it, but it seems to me these frequent DHCP requests have caused the system to crash. Strange though, a DHCP request should be a very basic function...
What are these devices that seem to be causing lots of DHCP requests? Any of them Apple by chance?
Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-SystemRegardless of what I did, this issue was persistent. I can’t understand why an expensive brand and model is not doing what it is supposed to do. With other words, it was broken or not fit for its purpose.
Anyway, I was annoyed by it and purchased a Google WiFi pro a couple of weeks ago, I set it up and since then no interruption, no restart, it just works perfectly fine. The Wi-Fi range seems a bit shorter, but plenty to cover all of my house.
I am happy and for me - no more Netgear ever again