My Orbi just sent me 3 weird push alerts

[batmatt]

I also turned off my guest wifi after getting these messages, but it did not make them stop.  I suspect something in the mobile app.

[Plexter]

I have also got a bunch. Is there any info on this?

[sranderson]

I have an Orbi RBR850 with 3 satellites. I keep getting push notifications every minute or two to my phone that say:

Guest WiFi PN
Guest WiFi test deep link

I have no idea what this means. I currently have a laptop connected via VPN to my work using the guest network. When I click on the notification, it takes me to the guest WiFi setup page in the Orbi app. No explanation.

Any thoughts?

[DAC1970]

I am getting these today as well -- four message within half an hour

[BGR1269]

I am also having this issue. I've gotten six notifications in the last 20 minutes. 

[CHardtke]

Same here on Orbi RBR850. Alert shows up on my iPhoe and in Notifications in the Orbi App

[reg_nullify]

I started to get the same uninformative notifications. I too disabled the guest network thinking perhaps something nefarious was afoot. I too kept getting the notifications even after disabling the guest network. Glad to see I'm not the only one which makes me conclude this is due to an update bug or testing as others have mentioned and not some attempt from an interloper to request the guest password or something, which is what these notifications kinda look like they're trying to say.

[TY2]

Same issue same RBR50. Thought I was compromised. 

[DanielR900]

I just received a notification on my phone "Guest wifi test deep link".  I can't find any information on what this means or the results of the test.  Does anyone have information on what this message/process means? 

[rjdchaim]

Interesting, though, my entire wifi network went down after getting these. Anyone else seen this? I turned everything off, may try later to turn back on.

[se7yourselffree]

I am experiencing the same issue. I'm also getting timeouts when attempting to log into the mobile app to clear the errors.

[sr_netnerd]

Same here.  Gotten this 5 times this morning.  Guest SSID is enabled but no one is connected to it.  We are in a rural location so no one is around to be trying to connect.

[kriknosretep]

I have the Orbi RBR40 and I just started getting the exact same notification a few minutes ago too.

So does anything think this is some kind of hacking attempt?

[Steppenwolfie]

Getting it too. Maybe linked to the firmware update yesterday?

[forcedlogic]

My orbi app just sent me a message that I am not sure I know what to do with it and makes me wonder if something happened:

The message got sent three times "Guest Wifi Test Deep Link" - Guest Wifi PN

I searched but I can find no instance of this being mentioned on the orbi site. I also do not have the guest turned on at my house so I am unsure what this is. 

Has anyone else seen this message? Is this normal? Why I am getting that link popping up?

[fallingrock1]

Yeah, a bunch of people are seeing that too.

[webhog]

Me too...

[Fleshwound42]

Same here.  Guest wifi has always been disabled.  Post on reddit about it as well.

https://www.reddit.com/r/orbi/comments/14tcjy3/getting_a_notification_from_the_orbi_app_saying/

I would have to assume everyone is getting it.

[lsueec]

I also got a message that a suspicious connection on Brother printer blocked. 

[kriknosretep]

Here's a screen shot of the notification center in my Orbi app...

[badrobot]

I'm receiving the same notifications as well.  Double checked and the guest network is off, and the logs show anything odd .. but clearly something is wrong.

[kriknosretep]

I'm using the Netgear Orbi RBR40. Here's a screen shot of the notifications I've been seeing:

[sr_netnerd]

Getting a popup from the app on my iPhone.  They are all listed in the Alerts section of the app.

[CarMD]

I updated the firmware and haven't received anything in 20 minutes.  So appears to have addressed whatever was going on.

[Minuet]

I received the messages as well. My Guest WiFi is disabled. Does NetGear monitor community posts? Is there hope of receiving an explanation from NetGear on this?