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RBR750 dropping WiFi connections every 10s in AP mode
[Originally posted in Orbi, cross posting as suggested there] Starting this morning, my RBR750 has been dropping WiFi connections every 10s. I factory reset it and everything was fine until I pu...
I haven't had the chance to try the firmware downgrade yet, but I'm reasonably confident that this is going to fix the issue. I've been living with the double NAT and the inability to distinguish devices at the firewall, which is not ideal.
Assuming it resolves the issue I'll collect logs before and after so that hopefully Netgear devs can fix the issue.
Confirmed that downgrading firmware fixed the problem for me. What do I need to block at the firewall to prevent the autoupdate from ruining everything again?
I don't understand why Netgear seem not to believe that this issue is significant enough to warrant pulling the firmware.
I returned mine and bought a different brand, which I've had zero issues with... and it lets you manage the features with the mobile app even in Bridge mode, unlike the Orbi. A far superior experience so far.
Anyway, tobiasjs there is a post somewhere on here that lists the domains to block, but I think with our Firewalla you could just block the internet to the router itself, which shouldn't impact the individual devices.
Edit: This is one of the posts, but I recall seeing another post with a few more domains to block as well.
Yep, I just blocked *.netgear.com from the router and satellite. And changed the NTP server to time.google.com as well.
I'm curious to know what other brand you ended up with. There weren't too many other options that supported mesh routing in AP mode that I could find. Very sad that Google didn't see fit to support this configuration with their offering.
tobiasjs I went with the Eero 6 Pro, an Amazon backed company. The setup was flawless, it took only a a few minutes to do and everything worked via the app. Signal strength is great, I have only needed to use 2 of the 3 devices the kit came with. All of my devices (5 and 2.4) reconnected without any issues, and moving from router mode to AP (bridge) mode was completely painless. A bit more expensive, but totally worth it imo. I bought mine at a local Best Buy.
BLock these in a upstream router:
http.fw.updates1.netgear.com
updates1.netgear.com
tobiasjs wrote:
Confirmed that downgrading firmware fixed the problem for me. What do I need to block at the firewall to prevent the autoupdate from ruining everything again?
I don't understand why Netgear seem not to believe that this issue is significant enough to warrant pulling the firmware.
