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Defect: OrbiOS 2.1.1.12 Attached Devices Widget & Page
In 2.1.12, the Attached Devices widget on the intitial page and the actual Attached Devices page do not populate even though devices and satellites are connected. Factory reset was performed mult...
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I purchased an Eero yesterday (3 unit 2nd gen and 1 beacon) and received it around 6 PM. It was set up and has now run 16 hours without a single disconnect among 62 continually connected devices, or disconnects from another 30 devices that connect periodically as measured by a Fingbox, not anecdotal observation.
Other than having to enter about 30 port forwarding rules via an app versus a web interface, the setup was brainless and provides great feedback on node placement signal strength!
My RBK50 system with a router and 2 sats is packed in its boxes and on Craigslist. So glad to finally have stable wifi thanks to Eero!!
The router didn't "settle down" overnight. CPU remains at 70%-90%. Strangely, the Attached Devices Page HAD populated by this morning ~10-12 hours later.
HOWEVER, it's reflecting the satellites as below, but BOTH are connected and can be logged into and have devices connected to them. Very strange... the CPU being the strangest part.
@TXGunLover wrote:
The router didn't "settle down" overnight. CPU remains at 70%-90%. Strangely, the Attached Devices Page HAD populated by this morning ~10-12 hours later.
HOWEVER, it's reflecting the satellites as below, but BOTH are connected and can be logged into and have devices connected to them. Very strange... the CPU being the strangest part.
Something is wrong there. My CPU shows 6.25% after 16 hours of uptime. I'm in AP mode on the latest 2.1 FW.
Maybe you have bad hardware or malicious code on the router?
You could try logging into the router via telnet and running "top" to see what's eating the CPU.
It can't be hardware. many people are experiencing the same behavior. if it is really a hardware issue, or hardware issue caused by this firmware, Netgear should really recall ORBI hardware that are affected. I have RBK50 and RBK43 (only using satellites of RBK43 connecting to RBR50).
st_shaw wrote:
@TXGunLover wrote:The router didn't "settle down" overnight. CPU remains at 70%-90%. Strangely, the Attached Devices Page HAD populated by this morning ~10-12 hours later.
HOWEVER, it's reflecting the satellites as below, but BOTH are connected and can be logged into and have devices connected to them. Very strange... the CPU being the strangest part.
Something is wrong there. My CPU shows 6.25% after 16 hours of uptime. I'm in AP mode on the latest 2.1 FW.
Maybe you have bad hardware or malicious code on the router?
You could try logging into the router via telnet and running "top" to see what's eating the CPU.
If so, then many folks have the bad hardware as reported on this and the other thread. If it's malicious code, it was loaded only at the moment the new version was upgraded for me and these other users and persists after a factory reset.
The two processes consuming the processor are net-scan and hyd.
I don't know if Darren continues to read this thread or not, but I do have some additional information. In my case, I can almost 100% trigger a wireless chipset reboot. Whether this is what has been causing it all along or not, I cannot say. Whether this is related to the high CPU utilization, I can't say either.
I can make the wireless reset on the router on demand with high load, but not just high wireless load, high wired load. If I run a speed test at DSLReports from my ethernet connected server, the wireless chipset will disconnect all devices and reset.
If I run a different speedtest like speedtest.net, from a wireless device, I can cause the same disconnect of all devices.
May or may not be related to the high CPU issue, but definitely reproducable, even after another factory reset.
TXGunLover wrote:The two processes consuming the processor are net-scan and hyd.
I have these processes also, but they are not using much CPU--no more than 0.3% and usually they don't even show in the list from top.
net-scan looks like the process used to identify attached devices. Makes sense, because you were also having issues with your attached devices display.
hyd looks like a process to manage the bridging of all the wired and wireless interfaces on the router.
Do you have Disney Circle switch on. Probably not I think if you are in AP Mode?
aani75 wrote:Do you have Disney Circle switch on. Probably not I think if you are in AP Mode?
No, Disney Circle is not on. I am in Router mode.
- I'm in ap mode and show high utilization
Hmmm, so this crack is happening no matter what is the configuration.
Netgear ?????? Pls. respond.