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RBE871, IPv6 failures on Gigaclear & old, old firmware
Still no update -- a year after the previous release -- for this issue? Snails pace doesn't begin to cover this abysmal lack of urgency. RBE871 (Orbi Router) Firmware Version 10.5.20.4 The firmware that would resolve the IPv6 failure I was assured was due "real soon now". I'm hoping it won't take another year for Netgear to fix this.satellite turning off the wifi when connected to Ethernet
Having a similar issues on my 871 with the satellite turning off the wifi when connected to Ethernet. I have them in AP mode, current firmware, reset thousands of times, set the units up within 10 feet of each other after reset to link. App on computer is working, shows connected by Ethernet on one satellite and the other showing connected by wifi. It shut off the wifi to the Ethernet connected satellite and the other one has the wifi working and taking up the slack of the lost wifi signal. Wifi speed at the Ethernet satellite drops to half will not connect to phone or any other wifi connection. But it is keeping the Ethernet connected devices working. App showsConsistent Internet drops
Hi - I recently purchased the Orbi 870 series (router plus 3 satellites) and I currently have 2 satellites hard wired to the 871 router and 1 satellite connected wireless. On a regular basis my internet connection will slow to a crawl (download speeds of 1-2 MB and upload speeds the same) for several minutes. I have had to power cycle the router or occasionally the closest satellite to resolve the issue. Sometimes other satellites and router do not have the issue and it is isolated to one satellite. This happens fairly often to me, but I could not find anyone else with the exact same issue. I upgraded to Orbi 870 from an Alien Amplifi system and I absolutely loved Alien, but they stopped making them so I needed to transition to something that had longer term support. My home internet is a 2GB plan with kinetic and when the Orbi is working it is fantastic, but this dropping/slowing has been happening so often that it has become really frustrating since both my wife and I work from home most days. Here is my system info: RBE871 - Router RBE870 - Satellite #1 - Wireless RBE870 - Satellite #2 - Hard wired RBE870 - Satellite #3 - Hard wired Kinetic 2GB Internet I have looked at logs and verified I am on the latest firmware, but this issue has been persistent and there doesn't seem to be any obvious causes so I am here for some help. Let me know if I need to provide some more information/screenshots/etc... Thanks, TrentOrbi 870 Firmware Updates
It seems the last firmware update was in the later half of 2025 i.e. Sep/October. Just wondering if another one is planned soon? 1 year between updates seems like an awfully long time. Does anyone have knowledge on when the next 870 update will be / what it should address? I noticed one of my nodes backhaul degrades over time - I manually restart it from time to time but I hope there is a firmware fix.Accessing orbilogin.local shows an error "certificate is using a broken key size" in Safari MacOS
The attached screen shot shows the error when trying to access the admin interface at orbilogin.local on my network using Safari in MacOS Sequoia. It seems to be related to another Netgear domain: routerlogin.net Issued by: routerlogin.net Expires: Sunday, 8 October 2124 at 08:55:21 British Summer Time @ "routerlogin.net" certificate is using a broken key size Apart from setting to "Always Trust" which I'm loath to do, is there a workaround for this certificate issue? Neither the Netgear forums nor a Google search give anything particularly relevant. TIA Chris
