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Have you ever heard of this issue?
Furry,
Have you ever heard of this issue?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8150492?sortBy=best
I wonder how many people, me being one, have Apple TVs on their networks.
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Glad the RMA fixed it. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡
Hey Furry,
I know you are on here talking to probably thousands of people- haha
You've helped me with my 970 system before.
I looked in the Telnet debug log and noticed an apple tv asking for upnp stuff- not sure- but the times coincided with the network disconnects. So I started to look up if a device can cause your router to disconnect, and found a lot of posts about Apple TVs doing this- Even in enterprise environments like at schools and hospitals.
I have a theory- Could a hardwired Apple TV cause some sort of loop? or broadcast storm? not sure- figured you'd know better than me.
Anything maybe possible.
Something to try, Set an IP address reservation for the ATVs.
Disable uPnP on the router for say like 12-24hours then observe behavior with ATVs connected.
If ATV disconnected from the system isn't causing problems, then reconnect and then you see problems, something ATV is going maybe causing problems.
- Hey Furry thanks!
I am literally sitting here waiting for out living room sat to led cycle- and it hasn’t.
Right now I have all 3 Apple TVs connected wirelessly and I think this is the longest ive seen where I don’t get a drop.
If this is the reason- this is just crazy- this to me would be on Apple. And it’s this system getting the bad wrap.
I will report back if I get a disconnect, or if it remains stable. If it does stay stable- I’d say to put out a bulletin about Apple TVs.
It seems super obscure, but I’d bet a lot of people who bought this system, could have Apple TVs with bad nics.
Connecting wirelessly seems to have ironed out the issue at this point.
Thanks for all of your help.Let it run for now. Give it 3 days observation. If after that, then nothing happens. Might be good.
If you see something then observe the system with the ATVs disabled.
Then re-enable the ATVs with the couple of suggestions I made. Ya wouldn't put it past Apple to be doing something odd.
I have seen iPhones request DHCP IPs every few seconds on other systems. Possible this is a IPv6 issue. That and DHCP and how Apple and NG does things makes it hard to narrow things down.
Let us know how it goes in 3 days. LOL. I Think I have a 4K ATV, I need to look and see what we have. Though when I had the 970 series online, I saw no issues or disconnections while I had it online.
- Hey Furry thanks and will do-
Apparently it was certain ones sifting through search results and mine are older ones- but it is a thing!
If this is the case it’s sad that people are probably dealing with this and going nuts over it 😂
Will keep you posted buddy. Thanks again!