UPnP send/receive on RBR850 stops at MAXINT

I have already posted this but on the wrong forum (regular Orbi). I use a software called PeakHour to monitor internet traffic from my Mac. It uses UPnP to obtain this information from the router...

rdouma
May 25, 2022
I'm now on V4.6.8.2_2.1.9.

I had encountered this article: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/netgear-fixes-bad-orbi-firmware-update-that-locked-admin-console/. This article points to a thread on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/orbi/comments/uq57b3/my_orbi_access_is_restored_without_factory_reset/i8rleeo/?context=3

So I sent a DM to Christine from Netgear and indeed, a new firmware version was pushed towards my Orbi. All working fine now.

EDIT: spelling.

CrimpOn

Guru - Experienced User

Dec 01, 2021

rdouma wrote:

I use PeakHour on a Mac to inform me about data traffic. After a while it drops to 0.

The User Manual for the RBR850 says on page 130 that SNMP is disabled.

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK852/RBK852_UM_EN.pdf

Is there a possibility that PeakHour is not actually connected to and monitorint the RBR850 at all?

rdouma

Guide

Dec 01, 2021

> Is there a possibility that PeakHour is not actually connected to and monitorint the RBR850 at all?

Thanks for your answer!I wasn't using SNMP but UPnP. If it weren't connected, it would never work, and the thing is it works for a few hours before starting to report zero. Using upnpc we can clearly see that both "Sent" and "Recv" report 4294967295 then, which is *exactly* 2^32 (unsigned maxint). So this does look like simply too small a data type to be able to track the bytes.

Oberon:~ remco$ upnpc -s
upnpc : miniupnpc library test client, version 2.2.3.
 (c) 2005-2021 Thomas Bernard.
Go to http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or https://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
for more information.
List of UPNP devices found on the network :
 desc: http://192.168.1.1:5000/rootDesc.xml
 st: urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1

Found valid IGD : http://192.168.1.1:5000/ctl/IPConn
Local LAN ip address : 192.168.1.13
Connection Type : IP_Routed
Status : Connected, uptime=12553209s, LastConnectionError : ERROR_NONE
  Time started : Fri Jul  9 00:54:28 2021
MaxBitRateDown : 1000000000 bps (1000.0 Mbps)   MaxBitRateUp 1000000000 bps (1000.0 Mbps)
ExternalIPAddress = 179.27.215.90
Bytes:   Sent: 4294967295	Recv: 4294967295
Packets: Sent: 37829630	Recv: 36722583

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UPnP send/receive on RBR850 stops at MAXINT