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Share your Orbi BE370/770/870/970 Series System UpTime
Found on the RBR and RBS IP address/debug.htm web page for best details, please post both RBR and RBS uptime. Please note of any inconsistencies between the RBR and RBS. Generally the RBR and RBS uptime should be same. Home wide power brown outs should be noted if these are seen. Thank you.
Orbi 870 + 2 Sats - strange issue with not showing devices connected
So, I just moved from an older Linksys Gen 2 mesh system. It was pretty solid but wife wanted greater speeds for her work. So, I just upgraded to the Orbi 870. When I log into my OrbiNet, it states the router is an RBE 871 but the two satellites are 870s. See Firmware state above. My house is 2 story / 3400 sq ft. The router is in the first floor laundry room, middle west side of the house. It's where the network and cable panel is. The first satellite is in the front office - first floor of the house (south side). The second satellite is upstairs in the middle bedroom right up the stairs on the east side of the house. I have like 60 lifx bulbs and other IOT devices that need 2.4 GHz. Also, I have a variety of 5 GHz devices like laptops, media, and portable computers. Almost 90 devices in total. I don't think I am saturating the 2.4 GHz band or even coming close the point with the 5/6 GHz bands either. Using their app to test both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. OK, I literally just set this system up from new last night. Seemed like everything went well, at first, including adding the satellites. I tried ethernet back haul at first but I'll get into more of that later. My provider is XFinity and I am getting great speed from the Cable Modem to the 871 router. Not that it matters, perhaps, but I went to the 192.168.1.x IP "standard" from the 10.x.x.x. I also have a couple devices that I want reserved IPs for. Just three of them. Also, I changed the name of the router, set up my 2.4 GHZ (only) IOT and turned on IPV 6 (DHCP) pretty much left everything else standard. Rebooted the router. When I went to my device connections in OrbiNet (192.168.1.1) and checked both Basic - Attached Devices, and Advanced - Administration - Attached Devices, I saw both satellites (with IP addresses), then all my devices. Then I noticed some strange behavior. When I was going through my devices and making sure they reattached to the networks (using the same SSID / PW as I did on the old Linksys mesh), I noticed that the satellites had no IPs. Just 0.0.0.0. I also noticed that when I clicked out of those pages and tried to go back in, it just spun. I let it spin for almost an hour. Most likely timed out. So, I rebooted. It did the same thing after about 15-20 minutes. However, in the Orbi app on my Android, it shows the system online and 2 of 2 Satellites. When I go to Network Map as part of that app, it also shows they are "online" but when I click on them, no devices are present - but I know their are devices connected. Also I noticed that it had both Satellites connected to the router in a split configuration. Now, typing this it's linear. Sat2 connected to Sat2 and then to the router. WTF. Using the anayltics tool on the app... I dislike the app, other than the WiFi analytics and that I had to use it to set this all up. I used it to measure my signal strength and speed for the 2.4 GHz IOT SSID. I was at 88-100% most everywhere in the house. So, no problems there. I had this system setup for ethernet back haul but decided to just disconnect them from the wall and let them WiFi back haul. I did connect my desktops directly to them via ethernet with the ports on the back of Sat1 and Sat2. Long story short, I did a complete reset on the Router and Sats. Set it all up again from the app, and I am still seeing the Sats drop off from the orbinet and I can't see my connected devices. I see my router has a different FW then the satellites. Perhaps I should downgrade that to the same FW? I don't see any updates for the Sats, so I am hoping that the NG Engineers tested this?!? I think my setup is pretty vanilla - I am sure there are people with more devices then me, assuradly. Note that I did go to manual firmware update and was able to IP connect to both Sat1 and Sat2. Strange since the main page doesn't show that. I can also see devices connected but it doesn't look like a all the devices are accounted for between the Sats or the main Router. Yes, I checked the logs. I don't see any reference to what happened. Anyway, this is pissing me off quite a bit. Everytime I have to make a change with these things, it's like a minimum of a 10 minute wait. It's like I am 7 years old again loading Snake Eggs off a tape drive with my TRS-80. Come on man... I'd rather NOT do a full factory reset if I don't have to. Maybe I'll try to do the firmware downgrade on the router to match the Sats? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks! - LutraRBE871 slow speed
Hi All, just installed my brand new RBE871 and I’m getting a constant 94MB download/upload speed. If I connect my laptop to the ethernet port of the wall I get 850MB download. I have a main router in my house (FritzBox!5590) provided by the ISP, which delivers connectivity to the entire walls, this device is wifi disabled. the Orbi is intended to deliver wifi connectivity. Wires in the walls are CAT6A. each wired port in the house gives me high speed, just wifi from Orbi is slow at 94MB. I already downloaded the update firmware and restarted the Orbi a few times. I’m not a tech guy. Thanks for suggestions.Issue with various apps on android devices
Since upgrading to the 870 mesh system various apps on my wife's android phone aren't loading. Everything is fine on iOS devices but apps such and the BBC News app are failing to load on the android phone. I really don't understand what's causing this as it seems to only affect android devices. Has anyone found a solution to this?Device blocking does not work on 870
I have an 870 system with router firmware V10.5.20.4_1.3.5. Device blocking does not work properly. The only time it worked is when I set a device to be blocked and happen to restart the router. When I went to unblock it, I also had to restart the router for that to work. In the web UI, nothing works at all. I browse to Advanced >> Security >> Access Control. When I select a device and hit "Block" I get a pop-up that says "Do you really want to block access to selected device(s)?" I hit OK and then the page reloads and the same exact device still says "Allowed" next to it. In the iOS app, the device will turn red but that is not reflected in the UI and has no affect. When I inspect what is happening with dev tools, I see a HTTP POST request to /dniapi/accessControl with the following payload: acl_enable=1&acl_default_policy=allow&display_allow_no_connect_sta=&display_block_no_connect_sta=&sub_list%5Bindex%5D=0&sub_list%5Bdevice_name%5D=&sub_list%5Bmac_addr%5D=&sub_list%5Bacl_strategy%5D=&sub_list%5Btype%5D=add&acl_strategy=0&action=save Here is a pretty format: acl_enable: 1 acl_default_policy: allow display_allow_no_connect_sta: "" display_block_no_connect_sta: "" sub_list: index: 0 device_name: "" mac_addr: "" acl_strategy: "" type: add acl_strategy: 0 action: save Then the UI does a GET request to get the device list and my device still has: "acl_strategy": "allow", in the JSON response. Having to reboot the router for these settings to work is a subpar experience. Is this a known bug or is there a workaround without having to reboot the router to block and un-block devices?Orbi 870 WAN performance
Hi Netgear team, I’ve recently purchased the Orbi 870 system, primarily due to its advertised support for 10Gbps WAN connections. I’m currently on a 10Gbps fibre plan and have the Orbi connected directly to the ONT using a certified Cat7 cable. The port negotiates at 10Gbps full duplex, and all hardware in the chain supports 10Gbps. However, I’ve noticed that the internal speed test built into the Orbi consistently caps out at around 4.5Gbps, regardless of time of day or test server. I understand that the Orbi 870 only has 2.5Gbps LAN ports and that wireless speeds have their own limitations that’s expected. But since the test is run directly from the router, I had assumed it would be able to at least demonstrate close to full WAN throughput (e.g. 8–9Gbps), especially on such a fast connection. My setup: Orbi 870 Router (latest firmware) 10Gbps fibre connection Cat7 cable from ONT to Orbi 870’s 10GbE WAN port WAN port confirmed as 10Gbps full duplex Internal speed test peaking at ~4.5Gbps consistently Firewalla Pro removed from inline during testing ISP speed tests from ONT are at advertised speed. My questions: Is the Orbi 870 hardware limited in terms of how much WAN throughput it can process internally? Is there a CPU bottleneck or lack of hardware acceleration that prevents the internal speed test from reaching full 10Gbps? Should users expect that the 10Gbps port is more of a marketing spec than an actual performance threshold? Would appreciate any clarification from the Netgear team or other users who’ve tested this in a similar setup
