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sen4ik
Oct 22, 2021Guide
ORBI CBR750 requires manually releasing/renewing the IP
I have Netgear Orbi CBR750 with RBS750 satellite. I own this for two month now. Four days ago, it started dropping internet every 1.5 hours. Rebooting the router would bring the internet back. I ...
rmarcare
Dec 27, 2021Apprentice
Did you buy a different modem/router combo? Any idea if netgear will refund if I purchased directly?
Triggs21
Dec 27, 2021Star
We switched to verizon fios and they actually have there own orbi type router/satellite combo with wifi 6. Works wonderful. Very stable with great speeds. 900 up and 900 down. I purchased the orbi directly from netgear.com and they would not entertain a refund even though after 5 months it became unstable. They only wanted to send me an Rma replacement which was just as unreliable. I will never purchase from them again unfortunately. Ive had multiple orbis over the years with no issues and I am also an IT technician so i am more than capable of diagnosing and fixing hardware.
- rmarcareDec 27, 2021ApprenticeI got my Orbi in late November, so within the warranty period. Think I have a chance?
- Triggs21Dec 27, 2021StarThey're customer service is all over seas and very difficult to deal with due to the time difference. Best of luck with that. I gave up. Had to take a loss in order to save my sanity. If anyone ever asks me to recommend them any type of networking solution I cannot comfortably recommend netgear anymore unfortunately. Instead of owning up or admitting they have a faulty product/firmware whatever is causing this issue they put it on the customer and in turn lost alot of loyal customers. Reviews of this product are flooded with complaints and issues on amazon and other retailers that sell this product. They wouldn't even acknowledge that this product has numerous posts on netgears own forum with people who are having all sorts of issues with this model when I spoke to a representative. They should offer us some type of credit or resolution to all the people like us who payed $500+ for a product which is now worthless and unreliable. Im sure once someone reports this to consumer protection agency they will finally do something to actually help the customer instead of trying to sell them on a extended support plan. ✌🏽
- rmarcareDec 27, 2021ApprenticeThank you both for the background, I’m trying to determine my next steps. Maybe a new FW update will come out soon?
- FURRYe38Dec 28, 2021Guru - Experienced User
ALL users need to make contact with NG support if your having FW problems with your CBK systems. NG support or engineering do not visit or post in forums or make anyone aware here of future updates.
https://my.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx
rmarcare wrote:
Thank you both for the background, I’m trying to determine my next steps. Maybe a new FW update will come out soon? - rmarcareJan 07, 2022Apprentice
is reverting back to FW v3 a viable option that actually resolves the intermittent wifi issues?
- FURRYe38Jan 07, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Not officially supported.
However you can try this:
Not sure if that would work or last as the CBR would problaby auto update back to v4.