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Orbi disconnecting continously
I just bought an Orbi Router + satellite, the first 2 weeks where a dream, excelent speed, WiFi everywhere and almost no hickups, but it had been already 2 weeks of nightmare, disconects every 20 minutes and it reconnect by itself after 5 minutes
I have already called support twice and the have only been able to verify together with me that the firmware is up to date and they ask to change the 5ghz and 2.4ghz channel with no success at all
My configuration is a ads connection to a dlink router and the Orbi connected as ap to the router, from the Orbi I have wired connected a 1gig switch with all the wired conections
I have checked that the problem is not the Internet provider, no desconection on the last 7 days
Please someone HELP
I have already called support twice and the have only been able to verify together with me that the firmware is up to date and they ask to change the 5ghz and 2.4ghz channel with no success at all
My configuration is a ads connection to a dlink router and the Orbi connected as ap to the router, from the Orbi I have wired connected a 1gig switch with all the wired conections
I have checked that the problem is not the Internet provider, no desconection on the last 7 days
Please someone HELP
Hello Everyone
We have release firmware version 1.12.0.18 this firmware has fixes for disconnects and many more I posted the release notes below.
https://kb.netgear.com/000044171/RBR50-Firmware-Version-1-12-0-18
If you are still having issues after updating your Orbi unit you may want to factory reset the Orbi and test again. If you are still having disconnect issues or other issues with this firmware please create a new thread or contact our support team.
http://www.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx
Thanks
DarrenM
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- I have also noticed in the logs that every half an hour exactly there's a log with the same iP, is this normal?
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 21:46:10
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.7, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 21:16:09
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.7, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 20:46:09
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.7, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 20:16:08
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.7, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 19:46:08
[Internet connected] IP address: 10.0.0.7, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 19:16:09 - I have the same issue, on both IOS and Android devices. Updated to the latest firmware doesn't seems to fix the problem. Still getting signal drop and reconnect every few minutes.
Your orbi disconects only on ios and android? if you're at a PC it keeps the connection?
Hello albertoesq
Have you tried to re position the satellite maybe the units overlapping to much.
DarrenM
Hello Stavrosg
Have you disabled beamforming and mumimo? Tried changing wireless channels? also you could try to lower the power level of the 2.4ghz network.
DarrenM
Nope, will try now.
Switched to AP mode, worked for a day. then this morning every minute.
Currently here is the setup.
AP mode
no MIMO and beam forming
2.4ghz radio is off
1.8..xxx firmware
I'll try channels when I get home, thansk for the idea
I registered the device, cuase i might RMA it. It got progrssivly worse.
I cant imagine this is buggy firmware.
If there is a beta firmware program or if you want logs,I'll happily volunteer.
I love the thing when it works
Stav
- Rbr50 is messed up. I've been doing network (home, peer to peer, remote access) for a long time. Constant intermittent disconnection from the net loss of wireless connection. I went to Device manager and unchecked the power option of the adapters not to allow the adapters to turn off external device. Still didn't work. I was generous with my time and gave Orbi RBR50 opportunity to do what it should. Now I've
given up, back to Cosco it goes. Life is complicated enough I don't need more complications. - I'm about to send this back to Amazon because of this. 5 to 10 times a day I have to reboot the router. Either WiFi stops accepting all connections even though devices can still see it, or it says no internet connection (wired smarthub still works in that situation), or it seems to reset itself - blinking white - and it comes back after 5 minutes.
As I write this from my phone, the network is fully visible from the opposite end of the house but I cannot connect. I was on WiFi just 10 minutes ago.
I'm thoroughly disappointed after reading many positive reviews. OP, what firmware version do you use?
I have V1.8.0.6 and I get disconnect on all of my devices (Mac, AppleTV, PS4, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, etc.). Only solution is to turn off/on wifi or in case like AppleTV, I have to reboot the entire device.
Wifi disconnects not fixed here with V1.9.1.12. Running Orbi in AP Mode. Turned down 2.4GHz transmit power to 25%. Implicit beamforming and mu mimo disabled.
Today 3 non-moving iOS devices got disconnected in 10 minutes, each 3 times! The devices were 1-3 meters from satellite away (in visual range). I did some RSSI analysis: Seems that the devices get kicked out from 5GHz band while the signal is strong, but the 2.4GHz signal from identical Orbi is equal or slightly stronger. It seems not to be a steering problem between router and satellite since my signals are well separated (satellite client signals are strong while router client signals are very weak and vice versa).
Turning down the transmit power of the 2.4GHz band to 25% helps for medium/long distance to the router/satellite as workaround, but not for narrow distances. Playing with the 2.4GHz transmit power "controls" at which distance the disconnects are typically happening.So the root cause is a band steering bug between the 5 and 2.4GHz bands. Which is very disappointing for such expensive hardware, especially if you consider that client side band steering (without expensive hardware) works more reliable and Netgear didn't fix this bug for months (while very aware of the problem).
Slowly but surely I conclude that Netgear can't fix that problem and I should return the defective by design devices...
If all your devices support the 5GHz band I recommend disabling the 2.4GHz completely as a workaround (and if you don't need to cover the very far distance which 5GHz can't reach). I have some legacy devices so I can't turn it off.
(posted in a other discussion, too)
- Are you all seeing the backhaul connection constantly drop if you check using Wi-Fi Analyzer or some other method? When I check, the main 2.4 and 5 GHz signals stay strong but the backhaul(no SSID) drops about every 15 seconds and takes connected devices with it. I also had a perfect Orbi for about a month before slow Wi-Fi speeds and constant disconnects started.
My backhaul was going through brick, wood, 2 floors down. And I had the disconnects bad. Theory makes sense to me
I just installed Wifi Analyzer and the backhaul connection does indeed seem to drop frequently.
Another thing, when you login to the RBR50 and on the status page where the scrolling text shows Satellites connected...it flips from 1 to 0 and to 1. So even the RBR50 seems to know the backhaul is dropping. I assume after doing this for 15 mins it eventually drops the traffic and you get a disconnect.
Is there anyway to roll back the firmware to an older one? I never had these problems until recently and I haven't changed the location of the RBR/RBS in my house. Also anyone heard from Netgear what they're going to do about this?
I believe the backhaul dropping due to extreme wall conditions in my place was my problem as well, ran some cabling, it's flawless accross 2 floors (was originally 3).
Stav
- I to missed the deadline to return. I've never had problems like this with a router. Was a lot of money for the aggravation. The constant disconnecting prevents me from using the geo fencing with Arlo cameras and is costing me money for data on cell phone. Worked great with my old router! I purchased these to have better coverage on my porches. Big regrets!
Hello kimike
I have sent you a PM.
DarrenM
Disconnects issue has been lingering for a while now and patience running low especially those who are past their return date, we are at the mercy of Netgear Engineering to get a Firmware it that is stable and re-establish our confidence in this Orbi system that has great potential just held back and handicapped by weak Firmware to date.
- In my situation, even with the satellite unplugged the router still broadcasts the backhaul signal and you can see it constantly dropping. The location of the two doesn't make a difference. I have an ongoing support case but have no fix yet even on the beta firmware. It has been this way from the beginning which is about 6 months so I am not sure a firmware rollback will help. It seems like it could be a hardware issue to me. I wonder if the backhaul drop is the underlying issue for many users' disconnects but most have not had a chance to watch the signal in real time.
