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Retired_Member's avatar
Retired_Member
Feb 03, 2017

When will Orbi support multicast?

Any idea when Orbi will support multicast for IPTV? Currently YouView/BTTV won't work with Orbi in router mode. I saw a thread that had a post from Netgear Support on a German Amazon comments section that send end of January. I've not seen anything official though.

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  • FrancesH's avatar
    FrancesH
    Tutor
    Feb 11, 2017

    Definitely a gaping hole here. Just replaced my Linksys with ORBI. I've been tweaking Airplay for all of my appliances and stumbled into activating my Marantz 8802A that requires UDP Multicast active.

     

    Hoping for Firmware upgrade very soon on this feature to be activated. Other than that, I am a happy camper with ORBI's performance, throughput, and stability. 

     

    Look forward to hear the good news.

  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
    Feb 13, 2017

    I have checked and IGMP/IPTV support will be added in the next firmware on the router only.

     

    DarrenM

  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member
    Feb 13, 2017
    That's great news. Any idea when the next firmware is expected to be released?
    • DarrenM's avatar
      DarrenM
      Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
      Feb 13, 2017

      I know its really soon do not want to give a date incase it gets pushed back.

       

      DarrenM

  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member
    Feb 22, 2017

    The firmware update was released today. Will be testing it out shortly.

    • Retired_Member's avatar
      Retired_Member
      Feb 22, 2017

      I still can't get BT TV or any multicast stream to work. I have the BT TV wired directly to the Orbi router. I have unticked "Disable IGMP Proxying" and have ticked "Support British telecom IGMP Proxying". I've rebooted everything several times.

       

      Anyone get this working?

      • FrancesH's avatar
        FrancesH
        Tutor
        Feb 22, 2017

        Same here. Unchecked disable IGMP Proxying, unplug and reset my Marantz 8802A. Still no dice. Airplay still not active on the Marantz alone. Other Apple devices are on.

         

        The only variant here is the Marantz is direct to router and the rest are on WIFI. It was working fine with Linksys before, but it stopped working since Orbi was online.