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KurtBach
Dec 10, 2021Follower
RBR750
I bought the Orbi routers on recommendation and they have been nothing but problematic. I live overseas and while I have friends where the routers work, mine shut down about every 4 hours. the ISP ...
CrimpOn
Dec 10, 2021Guru - Experienced User
KurtBach wrote:
I bought the Orbi routers on recommendation and they have been nothing but problematic. I live overseas and while I have friends where the routers work, mine shut down about every 4 hours. the ISP says it is to dump the cache but I am wondering what is going on.
Can you give more detail about "shut down"? What exactly happens? (I doubt it means they actually turn off.)
What do you do to get the system working each time?
On the Orbi web interface, can you click on the Advanced Tab and then Connection Status. Does the system die approximately when the DHCP lease is due to expire?