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Router dropping connections
My rbr50 keeps dropping connections on my network. Multiple computers seeing the same thing, they just lose their connection to the network. This includes internet access and internal resources within my network. I've confirmed my internet is fine by plugging directly into my modem, it's just the connection to the router that is having problems. I've done a factory reset 3 times now and can't stay connected for more than about 30 seconds. I'm on the latest firmware. This is the second time I've gone through this. The previous time about three weeks ago I did a factory reset and it fixed the problem. No such luck this time.
Firmware 2.1.3.4 - Issues Log
Good Afternoon Everyone, I was hoping to start a simple issues log thread here for 2.1.3.4 as I see multiple items popping up, and trying to decipher in a central spot might be worthwhile for product development at Netgear. I'll kick this first one off with an issue with DHCP reservations. I have not had the time to run a packet capture to see how the DCHP server is responding on the Orbi, but at the moment none of my devices are being fed their assigned DHCP reserved IP address. Authenication is working for WLAN to access a SSID, but IP address assignment is not occurring and failing for devices. Any feedback or detatiled documentation would be greatly appreciated for any item within this thread!Issue with Static DHCP assignment (2.1.2.18)
Bug? Scenario: A network device has already been on the network and given an IP address by Orbi DHCP. You assign a static IP (in order to group similar items) which is outside the range of the DHCP scope. Outcome: No matter how many restarts of the client network device, Orbi still gives it its original DHCP address as obtained from Orbi. Resolution: Requires that the Orbi router is restarted in order to force it to issue the required static IP address. BUG? - Should the network device on restart not obtain the IP allocated to it from Orbi not the original one allocated from the DHCP scope?Orbi DHCP static IP assignment failing for some devices
Okay, this one's pretty easy. I have an Orbi RBK50 and a couple of satellites. I rely extensively on DHCP to assign IP addressed to known MACs. I have literally 60 devices on my network, from a huge variety of vendors - nearly all of them work fine... but some just don't. I've got a Raspberry Pi Zero W that's configured to retrieve a DHCP address via WiFi. I can see this mapping in my LAN Setup table: 192.168.0.x: (device name) --> AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF ...yet, whenever I connect the device, it gets IP address 192.168.0.y. And I see this record in the Orbi log: [DHCP IP: 192.168.0.y] to MAC address aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff, Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:00:01 I'd chalk it up to a MAC uppercase/lowercase issue (I prefer to keep my entries as uppercase, just for aesthetic reasons), but (1) I've trued changing the DHCP table entry to lowercase, and it fix the problem; and (2) other entries have uppercase table assignments but report lowercase MACs, yet don't have any problem assigning the correct IP address. So... going on here?Set fall-through DNS to DHCP
This is more of an enhancement request than anything else... Problem: My ISP is constently changing their broadcasted DNS addresses. Why? Because they constantly have DNS issues! So I'm wondering if NetGear specifically the Orbi firmware can have an option to have a fall-through DNS entry. For example: * If all of the ISP broadcasted (via DHCP) DNS addrs are non-responsive * Then fall through to some user added public DNS like: 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 Thanks!
ORBI Satellites
I have ORBI Router and 2 Satellites. (6,000 square for home). I am noticing that certain things disconnect. My nest cams for one are going offline a lot. I have just recently disabled beaming after researching this. I hope that fixes it. I also have a WNCE2001 that hooks to my DirecTV box. It works in the day, but when the kids go to bed, it doesn't connect. I changed that today to a static IP. I am hoping that helps (blind luck). During this troubleshooting I noticed the satellites appear to be getting new IP addresses assigned to them a lot. I have noticed at least 4-5 IP changes. 2 Questions... Why are they changing so often? If I make them static, will that cause any issues?