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Before I buy Orbi
I need some community help. I really want to buy the Orbi system to cover some of the dead zones in my house, but the recent reviews on Amazon and the community boards about the router losing its connection to the modem and requiring a physical reset really concerns me. Has there been a fix for this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.Orbi Router dropping Wired connection
Ran my Orbi router over 6 months with no problems. 3 days ago, I could not get any pcs (windows 10)/macs to connect to wired connection. All the wireless connections are rock solid. I tried rebooting pc, rebooting Orbi router, but non of the wired connections would connect. After hours of no connection, all of the wired connects suddenly connected and started to work for about 20 minutes, then back to unable to connect. The error on the pc is "Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration" or "Unidentified Network". But I spent about 8 hours monitoring the connects via the Orbi port and noticed not wired connections for 2 hours or so, followed with about 20 minutes of wired connections. The wireless connections are all working. I have the latest firmware, V1.9.1.12. I haven't change my configuration/devices since the prior months when Obri worked fine. I do see "UPnP set event: add_nat_rule," and "DoS Attack: ARP Attack]" in the log from the "wired" host ip address, but I don't know if that is relevant. I am totally frustrated. Any help would be appreciated.FVX538v2 dropped/unstable PPPoE connection
Hello, I bought a FVX538v2 from eBay as im a great fan of netgear products. This is to replace my ISP supplied router which lacks any VPN functionality. My preference is often for slighly older commercial grade kit as its normally more reliable and has alot of historical support information. Router runs on v3.1.1-08 firmware. I have an FTTC modem which requires a PPPoE connection with user name & password. My ISP provides a DHCP connection so my WAN1 setup is very simple as a result. Connection is 80/20Mb and it looks like the 538 can handle this... when it connects. Only WAN1 is configured, and the mode is NAT. I dont have any VPN setup yet. I have one port opened and thats it. The 538 acts as DHCP server for the LAN and i have DNS proxy enabled. I have found the connection to my modem is prone to drop after anything from miuntes to hours. Other times it takes a few shots of removing and insertng the WAN network cable before i get a link. If i drop out the 538 and plug in the ISP supplied modem all issues go away, i get a solid connection first time. As such im pretty sure all my cabling is OK, the modem & phone line, and LAN is all good. So, i feel i am at either looking at a setup issue or a hardware issue. I see from research online WAN1 and WAN2 use different ethernet controller IC's so i plan to try setting up on WAN 2. (Wife watching something on Netflix via ISP supplied modem just now so tinkering is a no-go!) I have seen faulty capacitors upset network equipment with switching power supply noise/ripple affect ethernet stability in older Netgear kit, so i may look at a cap replacement excersise. Any tips on possible setup issues would be helpfull.