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Orbi loosing Internet Connection

mtuhoop24
Guide

Re: Orbi loosing Internet Connection

Has this new firmware helped at all?

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JMU1998
Luminary

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Too early to tell since it involved factory reset and reboot it is working OK for now issues star 1 or 2 days after reset and reboots usually 

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kennedyd013
Guide

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Just upgraded to the latest firmware on everything. Still way too soon to tell - the addition of guest wireless is super nice. That was a big missing feature.  Will check it out for a couple days and report back. 

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mtuhoop24
Guide

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How is the new firmware?  It isn't listed on NetGear website.

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Timon95
Initiate

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I have the new firmware update. I am on my 2nd Orbi, first one kept loosing connection a week after getting it. This one took 2wks to start acting up. The satellite works fine, no software updates for that. The router is horrible, updated as soon as I installed. Some devices work and some do not. Getting frustrated. Getting ready to give Netgear a call. This is crazy, we paid a lot for these, they shouldn't be crapping out on us like that.
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Hydro130
Luminary

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@mtuhoop24 wrote:

How is the new firmware?  It isn't listed on NetGear website.


 

I updated the FW on Friday night, and so far so good - everything has been working tip-top, but I wasn't having any issues at all with previous FW versions either.

 

To do the update, I just kept refreshing my Firmware page within my Orbi's Admin page throughout the evening...  The first several times I tried, it would load an update link for the router or the sat, but not both (one or the other would hang or just not load).

 

Finally, later that evening, I got both update links (router and sat) on that that page to load up, and so I did the update from there.  It went fine.

 

Cheers, Chris

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GamerHonu
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I really hope this new 1.4 firmware fixes my issue with rebooting Orbi and having to hard reset my cable modem in order to get an internet connection again.

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kennedyd013
Guide

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From when I upgraded it has been super stable and no issues at all. Haven't dropped any connection and speed tests have come back reliably. For the one mentioned above where you would not be able to see the sattellites to upgrade - my suggestion there is to move the sattellites to a closer location. In order to ensure connectivity there are a number of variations that cause signal interference and if they are too far apart - connection will be disparate between the router/sattellite. 

 

I do wish with Orbi they would show a signal meter on strength between the sattelite + the router in order to determine if they are too far away placed or if they are OK. Kind of have to guess at this point or use a wifi analyzer. I use airodump-ng or on OSX WiFi Explorer. 

 

So far so good with the latest firmware. 

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southflguy
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I haven't had any further issues since the new firmware.  No more rebooting needed. 

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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

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Hello everyone

 

Make sure you update your Firmware to 1.4.0.16 if you are having connection issues see if that will resolve the issue if not please let me know what new issues pop up after updating.

 

Thanks 

DarrenM

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qskillzwfu25
Tutor

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No issues at all after updating to newest firmware! Thanks for the quick support on this hardware!
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Akal575
Initiate

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I just purchased this router today - upgraded everything to the newest firmware, and an experiencing the dropping issue. I had full signal strength tonight, was streaming west world on HBO GO and it would just stall. As soon as it happened I would run a speed test quick on my phone at fast.com and it would just spin and do nothing. It would eventually resolve itself if I have it enough time, but that sucks. When it comes back I would always run the speed test again and I would be getting 48mbps download, I pay for 50mbps. I'm concerned because everyone in this thread seems to have their issues resolved on the new firmware, but I am having issues on the new firmware right from the get go. I hope this doesn't keep happening to me because this router is amazing with coverage when it works.
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kennedyd013
Guide

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I've literally had zero issues with it since the firmware update and its been awhile.  Working great.

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mikelagase
Guide

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I still have to reset the router every morning after applying latest updates. Will try factory resetting the router/satellite to see if that helps.
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

Re: Orbi loosing Internet Connection

Hello mikelagase

 

Yes try a factory reset sometimes strange issues happen after doing FW updates and factory reset typically fixes it.

 

DarrenM

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Retired_Member
Not applicable

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Since this update, my issue with my internet not working seems to have gone away.  Will keep an eye on it longer.

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getmet
Initiate

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This product is garbage. I am experiencing the same issue when i made a friend purchase this product after reading so much seeing this was the best of the mesh. Even though I knew mesh/wifi repeaters are always terrible + having so many bad experiences with Netgear wifi devices and constant dropping / power resetting. This product has been terrible on ALLLLLL  firmwares. latest 1.4.0.18 is garbage too. drops throughout the day. causing tension with my friends family and me.  terrible terrible product.

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JMU1998
Luminary

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1.4.0.18 is not very stable I have done multiple factory resets and all problems reappear attractive few days, like random drops, lan slowness and unstability But when I go to 16 no issues at all so to me it looks like a bug got introduced in 18 that needs to be addressed with next Firmware releases before Orbi credibly starts to fall and competitors get ahead.

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Retired_Member
Not applicable

Re: Orbi loosing Internet Connection

Mine hasn't had the internet loose connection any more, but I have an issue that is irritating.  You know in some games when you join up on each other, like Call of Duty Infinite Warfare or Black Ops 3, the NAT should be open and I even have port forwarding to keep it open instead of going to moderate.  Well it seems the ORBI does something that my port forwarding stops working and it goes STRICT after about a week. I have to reboot the ORBI to fix it and it goes back to Open.  This is getting on my nerves!

Model: Orbi High-Performance AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi System (RBK50)
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator

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Hello killabandit

 

Have you made sure to do address reservation for you console  so it does not change Ip address and keeps the port forwarding settings?

 

DarrenM

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Retired_Member
Not applicable

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Well, I had the PC set as STATIC IP forcing it to stay on the IP address it was forwarding too already. I never set it on the router like you said.  Per Netgear support I did that yesterday.  We will see what happens but I know the IP didn't change on the PC.

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samwisegardener
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fstockel
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fstockel
Star

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Sorry to say but I'm facing the same issue with 1.4.0.34. My internet connection still keeps dropping (several times a day). Same as with previous firmware version 😫😢

This is *really* frustrating. Any ideas? Any news from Netgear?
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fstockel
Star

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As I wrote in another thread. This might be worth trying:

I tried to change to the TP-cable that came with the box and this might have solved it for me (well no connection drop in approx 3hrs so far). Funny thing is that my previous cable was a hq/expensive cable (had zero issues using it with my previous Asus router). Fingers crossed.
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