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Orbi 37x and Local Network Control Block (224.0.0/24) multicast
Dear all, I have an Orbi setup (RBE371 and 2x RBE370) that is causing me headaches with LAN multicast. One of my music application leverages multicast against 224.0.0.234 for node/companion discovery to build a multiroom group of players. Unfortunately, RBEs are not letting this traffic going through and I'm not sure about the rationale behind it as (1) Netgear ethernet switches in my LAN are doing the job, (2) this multicast address is part of the Local Network block, so non routable, so no IGMP involvement if I understand well and (3) other protocols from the same block are going through properly, e.g. mDNS Netgear support is telling me black & white on this topic, sometimes that the satellite should let these packets go through the router/satellite and in the same thread that I need to set my FAI router with IGMP features which does not make sense for this address block. Can someone explain me what's wrong here, in the setup or in my understanding? Tks! Ps: I'm using the latest firmware in all Orbi kits, my RBE371 is in AP mode.Map 870 satellites to router only (not piggyback onto another satelite)
Map satellites to router only (not to another Satellite) I have Orbi 870 Router with 3 satelites I want all 3 to connect directly to the router and not attach to another satellite. See the attached picture No matter where I put the satellites they keep connecting to each otherOrbi 370 satellites not pushing past 40-50mbps while main router is getting 1000+mbps
I'd like to preference this by saying I'm not super internet savvy. But I recently purchased a orbi 370 mesh system with 2 satellites. I am getting amazing output from my main router at around 1000+ mbps upload but my two satellites (using wireless) are in other rooms of my house around 30-40 feet away are pushing only around 30-40 mbps. I've considered running hard lined ethernets to them but before doing that has anyone else ran into this issue? Or found a solution?WiFi Drops Every Hour
Hello - Same issue for me here. My setup is made of one RBE371 and 2xRBE370, firmware V12.1.3.11_5.1.12, acquired end of October 2025. Initially I thought the issue was coming from my ISP Live TV stream that was freezing for 1 to 5 second every hour (my ISP TV box is connected via WiFi to a RBS), knowing that during the same period my ISP had also some TV stream issues on their side. But now the ISP issues have been fixed and I still have these hourly freezes. Today, after reading these posts, I started a ping against the IP address of the RBR from a Mac connected via WiFi to a RBS nearby, just before the time the issue was expected to happen. I could then see, at the expected issue time, the RBR no longer responding to the ping and the TV live stream having the issue at the same time. I applied a channel value change to the 5 gHz following recommendations read earlier in the thread, the drop issue didn't disappear but change time to the time the wifi channel change was applied (was previously every 34' past an hour, now 5' past an hour). So I'm now convinced that something recurrently en regularly happens in the Netgear setup that impacts my user experience. I'll open a new ticket accordingly.Lag and intemittent connection issues on new Orbi 370
Hello, I recently upgraded my old Orbi system to a 370. Since then, I have regular network interruption issues on most of my main Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Sonos and Spectrum issues mostly. Every hour or so, the internet connection will pause. This drives my wife crazy when she is watching one of her shows. :P My once-very-good internet connection to my laptop is sluggish and struggles to connect. Can someone help?Netgear Orbi 370
Couple questions that hopefully are easy to answer (I'll give context first), I'm looking to revamp my home network system, i currently use my ISP router which while its good doesn't cover the whole house. I have tried the mesh wifi systems wirelessly but due to the age and size of the house they just don't work here. Fortunately when we bought the house we had it rewired with cat6 cable to every room. We get just shy of 1GB up and 500 down and while i know its not necessary i would like to be able to get this speed or close too throughout the house. 1st question, if I was to buy 6 of the Netgear Orbi 370 series would i be able to hard wire them all back to the router so they work as a mesh system just wired? 2nd question which i may already know the answer to this, can these be powered over PoE or do you have to use the DC cable to power them. 3rd question I want to change the router would I be best to buy a Netgear router that goes to the switch in my house then back out to all the access points or could i just use one of the orbies then go to the switch then to the remaining access point?
