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Many ISPs have begun blocking outbound UDP connections on port 123, the common port used for NTP (network time synching). Because of this, the Orbi router (and other Netgear routers) have crippled f...
I'm in Australia and my ISP is mate communicate (which I think resells M2). Previously I had another router (Fritzbox 7490) connected and it's time server functioned perfectly. I wish Netgear would take a leaf out of Fritzbox and provide the same level of functionality, especially in Advanced mode. I think that is absurd that the Orbi router provides a function that seems to not work for all. I had placed a call with support who told me reverse the firmware back to v1.5.0.12. This lead to me bricking the "bricking" the router and I had have it replaced (and 5 days without internet!!!). I then tried to check the time server on the firmware the device came with (1.3.0.26) then upgraded it to v1.5.0.12 and checked, then upgraded it to the latest, v1.8.0.6 and experienced the same problem each time, i.e . time wont sync. This really should be an easy fix by allowing the router admin to choose an ntp server pool and port.