New RBR850 / RBS850 Series Firmware Version v3.2.17.12 Released

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randomdude wrote:

Firmware Version
V3.2.17.12_1.4.14

 

1-11 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.  

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Personally, I have been weening out of Wemo over time and moving to Kasa.  I have found Wemo devices EXTREMELY flakey as far as reconnecting after outages, flaking out after firmware updates (even needing complete resets), the app not finding devices off and on, or not showing the correct status of devices (have been using the app Automation Manager for some time now as it consistently finds all Wemo devices and consistently shows the correct status).

Kasa has been smooth sailing for at least a year now.  I first tried just a smart plug before also going to light switches, etc. App always connect, always shows correct status, etc.

For Automation Manager, it's only downfall is that it can't connect outside of the local network, BUT, it has a sister app to set a server up for that.  I haven't done that because it's very rare that I want to control a Wemo outside of the home now.  Even when I did, I just used the Wemo app for the rare occasion.  Right now, anything I want to have control over outside of the local network are Kasa units.