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rdouma
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May 30, 2024

Orbi RBR850 unstable/DHCP assignment issues after reboot

Post concerns a RBR850 and 2 RBS850 satellites, all running firmware version V7.2.6.31_5.0.24.   Summary: I have to turn off all WiFi devices near the router in order to get a successful reboot whe...
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Dws62001
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Nov 16, 2025

KevinLiT​ 

I have had this same issue for a couple years across several FW versions. I upgraded FW months ago, currently on 7.2.7.15 and have the same exact issue. It is absolutely maddening that netgear can’t handle network devices. The amount of time it takes to get this stuff back online is rediculous. I am currently running between 86 and 96 devices online at any given time. On a reboot it can’t reassign the IPs completely leaving many offline for days requiring yet another reboot, again, and again, and again until finally everything takes. And after doing some reading it appears newer routers like the 960 do the same thing with lots of devices. Next step is trash and buying another brand. Please help fix this

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    rdouma
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    Nov 16, 2025

    Dws62001​ To avoid these issues the only solution I have found is to disable DHCP in the Netgear altogether and running another computer with a DHCP server (in my case ISC DHCP on a Raspberry Pi). Never looked back.