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This frustrating intermittent issue.
We have observed that Orbi continuously reassigns IP addresses to certain devices, which causes those devices to experience frequent and intermittent Wi-Fi disconnections. This issue has been presen...
Netbridge-Brian this has been happening for years - the DHCP flooding part of the problem that is. You can search for DHCP flooding on the forums thru Google and find a number of posts. Here is one of mine back in 2024:
Odd behavior - RBS960 Satelllites flooding DHCP requests | NETGEAR Communities
Now, like CrimpOn said, DHCP is always client-initiated. A router (or DHCP server) cannot force a device to ask for an address, but it can create conditions that make the client decide it needs to ask again (more on that below). In my experience over 3-4 years and different Orbis, I see it on specific Apple devices; many devices on my network only asked for DHCP consistent with their lease. What devices show these messages?
I think you have 2 issues - the DHCP flooding, and device disconnects. I said above that the router can create conditions that make the client decide it needs to ask again. Typical reasons are, reboots, renegotiated link, and I believe moving to a different Orbi device if the client device is moving around the building. Someone with an iPhone walking around a building a lot will generate a lot of DHCP requests. That alone is not really an issue, but your disconnects are.
My experience is with the 960s and now the 970s - I see you have the 770 series. I am not sure about the FW fixes, I know on the 970s the disconnects of mobile devices went away like 99% with 9.13.2.1. Maybe FURRYe38 or someone else can comment on whether the latest 770 FW has improvements for disconnects.