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New RBR850 / RBS850 Series Firmware Version v3.2.17.12 Released
New Features and Enhancements: Supports the new device notification feature Includes some security enhancements Security Fixes: Fixes security vulnerabilities. For more information about sec...
Thanks!
Thanks!
Updated mine today. MANUALLY downloaded and manually updated RBS first the RBR lastly. No Facory reset. Just powered all units OFF for 30 seconds then back ON.
Echo Dot had problems connecting and maintaining playing of music. First I thought it was IPv6 DNS and RBS configuration. Then I found the RBRs wireless channel set for 36 instead of 40. Set to 40, re-enabled IPv6 DNS and RBS and Dot has now been playing fine.
Another item I noticed after v12 was loaded today, Both my RBS are ethernet connected to the RBR, however wireless devices connected at the RBS are now being reported on the RBRs web page as a wireless connection, even though the backhaul is wired. Very cool.
I have the RBK753S and the same firmware is also now available for manual download. I just installed as well. No Factory reset, and have not bothered to do a full powerdown reboot (yet). So far everything reconnected as expected.
Wired speed test results with RBR850 connected to a NG CM1200 cable modem:
One thing I noticed right away is when I use the GUI on the satellites it shows security for 5G wrong. Not sure if it was like this before though... Pic attached.
Furrye38,
After router reboot, half of my about 45 Wemo devices (switches) kept restarting. Logs showed dhcp server kept giving each an IP and the way they went in the loop. As you mentioned wifi channel, mine was set to 48. I changed it down to 40 , and then 44 and both resolved the issue for me. All devices came backo nline without looping restarts. I can see that lowering the channel could potentialy slow down the network but it beats having your smart devices keep looping in the restart mode.
Thank you.
Odd that channel 48 didn't work. Glad trying 40 and 44 did. Thought these channels shouldn't effect anything on 2.4Ghz.
What channels are you using on 2.4Ghz?
Firmware Version
V3.2.17.12_1.4.141-11 channels are under 2.4 GHZ. was set on default to "auto".
Also wanted to give details on my setup for others:
Fios ONT directly into orbi (RBR750) via an ethernet port (No Fios router). 80 total attached devices to 1 orbi router and two satellites. (I know Orbi advertises this model can only handle 60+ I believe which was also concern for me.
40 Wemo none dimmable switches. Of which 20 are the newest model and 20 are one version behind (pictures are attached). Whats interesting is that only new model wemo switches would go into a reboot cycle. Older models (on the left) would all stay online. The difference between wemo models are older version on the right do not have apple home kid functionality and are connected to a wemo bridge.
I got logs from the reboots , sorted them and found few IPs and their attached mac addresses which were restarting. Both devices I was monitoring kept getting the same IP. So there was no point trying to get static assignment to them to see if it resolves the issue. I did it anyway and it did not help. Was driving me insane. My wife was giving me the look like I don't know what I am doing with all the switches going offline. As soon as I switched the channel to 40 and later tried 44 , all devices came back online without further robots. Thanks again.
