I am still loosing internet connection several times every week.
The thing is that it ALWAYS helps to reboot the router, or even logging in and running Internet setup test gets the connection back up.
So WHY cannot the damn router try reconnecting when the connection has been down for a while?
Today I thought I should check the logs before I restarted, but what did I find there? Absolutely nothing except from what DHCP connections have been made the last 5 minutes. This is totally useless.
I am extremely disappointed after buying the most expensive mesh network I could find, and it looses connections so often. My previous router NEVER lost connection, so don't blame the line.
Is there ANY way to find out what the real problem is?
Re: RBR850 still losing internet connection several times a week
Ok, thanks. Guess I have to try this.
I have 32 devices with fixed IP, based on mac address. Is there a way to export and import them, so I don't have to enter one by one through that tedious interface?
I have 32 devices with fixed IP, based on mac address. Is there a way to export and import them, so I don't have to enter one by one through that tedious interface?
Re: RBR850 still losing internet connection several times a week
So this lasted a couple of months. It worked much better in the beginning. I guess I had to restart 1-2 times during the first 6-8 weeks. Now I am back where I started, losing internet several times a week the last couple of weeks. As usual, a restart of the router solved the problem, but having to do this almost daily is not acceptable.
I am beginning to want to return the hardware. Are these problems reasons enough?
So this lasted a couple of months. It worked much better in the beginning. I guess I had to restart 1-2 times during the first 6-8 weeks. Now I am back where I started, losing internet several times a week the last couple of weeks. As usual, a restart of the router solved the problem, but having to do this almost daily is not acceptable.
I am beginning to want to return the hardware. Are these problems reasons enough?
Check Orbi DHCP lease time for its WAN IP address. If it's 2 days, change it to "2 weeks" or "forever" and see if that helps.
Check Orbi DHCP lease time for its WAN IP address. If it's 2 days, change it to "2 weeks" or "forever" and see if that helps.
The IP address lease from the ISP is determined by the ISP (and displayed on the Advanced Tab under "Internet Port" in the Box "Connection Status". It cannot be changed by the user.
ISP's typically set the DHCP lease time for a substantial period, such as one day (86,400 seconds) to reduce the amount of network traffic hitting their DHCP servers. It is also a common practice when networks are about to reallocate IP addresses to reduce the DHCP lease to a very short value so that a network change can be accomplished in a short time frame (usually in the middle of the night). Once done, the DHCP lease time is returned to a longer period. Either way, there is nothing the user can do to affect the DHCP lease time.
