Orbi dropping internet connection

[sleepr88]

it's not a problem with ISP equipment (nothing has changed with it in the past year)... and updating the time zone didn't help either

[forest63]

I have to agree.  My wife and I went out last night and when we got home, she had to manually prompt her Samsung Galaxy S7 edge to connect to the Orbi wi-fi.  It is obviously a firmware issue that has not been resolved as of yet.  I have wasted alot of time with this issue and now we have to always double check that the phones are connecting to the wi-fi.  Not good!!!  The problems seem to be compounding.  Our decison is becoming very obvious as we in all likely hood will be returning it and will get the Linksys Velop.

[sleepr88]

Google Home App v1.26.30.8 on Android devices seems to be the cause

[AZCraig]

Based on the comments about Android conflicts, I looked through my list of attached devices and found one Android that, interestingly, had the same IP address as two other devices.  I used the Orbi app to block the Android device (likely a Samsung TV that really doesn't need internet access except for firmware updates) and my Orbi lockup problem seems to be history.  It's been about a week with no problems.