I really hope they are able to fix this soon...

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May 09, 2022

At around my Orbi went offline May-07-22 ~@9:14 UTC. As a lot of folks in this thread I haven't been able to reach the management UI at all.

nmap -O 192.168.1.1
Starting Nmap 7.92 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2022-05-07 19:48 EDT
Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.1
Host is up (0.0063s latency).
Not shown: 998 closed tcp ports (reset)
PORT     STATE SERVICE
53/tcp   open  domain
5000/tcp open  upnp
MAC Address: 08:36:C9:78:11:6F (Netgear)
Device type: WAP
Running: Linux 3.X|4.X
OS CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18 cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:4.1
OS details: OpenWrt Chaos Calmer 15.05 (Linux 3.18) or Designated Driver (Linux 4.1 or 4.4)
Network Distance: 1 hop

It's clear the HTTP port isn't even open. So there is no way to manage the router. I cannot mange the router at all, they have effectively bricked the device.

All my devices connect to the internet fine, even more advanced things like the VPN are working. Forcing down an update that breaks such an obvious part of the system is really huge mistake.

There are a lot of people having this exact problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/orbi/comments/ukmdhw/orbi_providing_wifi_and_connecting_to_internet/

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I really hope they are able to fix this soon...