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Orbi firmware update v2.1.4.16 availability
We’ve been monitoring issues that some customers have experienced in OrbiOS 2.1.4. In response, we’re releasing firmware that provides a permanent fix for the homekit issue along with various other f...
tsig, I agree with you in your response to Cmo1 about the vocal minority not representing us all, I too have an RBK50 system that just works and always has in the 4 months I have had them. Perhaps those having issues should satisfy themselves that their hardware and/or connectivity between their ISP’s entry point and the Orbis is not the problem.
cheshbr wrote:
tsig, I agree with you in your response to Cmo1 about the vocal minority not representing us all, I too have an RBK50 system that just works and always has in the 4 months I have had them. Perhaps those having issues should satisfy themselves that their hardware and/or connectivity between their ISP’s entry point and the Orbis is not the problem.
...but it is the problem and that's an uninformed approach.
Example - Orbi uses the 802.1D spanning tree protocol. This is a legacy protocol (WAY older than the Orbi itself). Most newer hardware runs Rapid STP (802.1w). These protocols have diffferent port states and so there has to be a "handshake" so-to-speak to switch protocol states between the two devices. There is then a keep-alive sent every two seconds to keep sync. Normally these STP differences are inconsequential, but not always true:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-STP-BPDU-errors/td-p/1329948
Assuming somethig is perfect because it works for you is not the way to solve problems.
Hey ajshurts, you say “Assuming something is perfect because it works for you is not the way to solve problems”. WHAT PROBLEMS?
You obviously have a great deal of technical knowledge that I do not, and because of that knowledge you dig deep, looking for problems that mey or mey not exist. Your response reminds me of a guy I knew who installed every anti-virus application available, yet he was the only one I knew who got virus attacks.
My simple philosophy is that if it works, I got what I paid for and quite frankly I don’t care if I have an 802.1D Spanning Tree protocol.