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Orbi RBK 50 + RBW30
RBK50 (Router + Satellite) with 2 x RBW30 satellites. I have spent more than 4 hours in 3 days on phone with support to try and resolve issues of the following: RBK50 router reboots randomly. Devices nearest to Satellites use Router at further distance. AP isolation issue related to Google Home devices makes them unavailable if you are connected to a different satellite than that device. More frequent reboots than without Satellites. My RBK50 without RBW30 with reboot at least twice a day for no reason but more with Satellites. I am not sure what to make of this. Support goes through the playbook of 'Reboot please'. 'Re-sync please'. 'Update firmware', 'downgrade firmware'. 'Disconnect satellite', 'reconnect'. 'Hold on let me check with my team'. This can't be poor quality control can it? There seem to be numerous reports of similar issues. I have spent close to $600 on my Orbi system and all we have is outsourced consumer support and these user forums which Netgear support seems largely absent from. Is there any solution to the rebooting issue or a way to pinpoint the cause?
Repeater slows down every couple fo days - needs reboot
Hardware Version: WN2000RPTv3 Firmware Version: V1.0.1.26 I have not upgraded to V1.0.1.4 because as I usnderstand it its only a GUI change. I've had this range extender for a bit over 1 year. While it works, its works fine. However, over the past 6 mos or so I've been batling a sluginesh that builds up over just a few days - 3~5. at that time it goes to a crawl - I could walk the bits over to the corresponding web site faster. I've read a number of similar issues and possible solutions. I have applied some of these changes to it based on recommendations I've read: fixed IP within my network, firmware update. Thats really I all I know to do so far. The only solution I have so far is to reboot it evey 2~3 days to get the right speed back. Obviously this is not how this is supposed to work. I'd probably be happy if lacking any real Netgear solution I could have it reboot automatically evey night... That said - any additional recommendations?
Orbi RBK40 - rebooted serveral time after firmware upgraded to V2.1.2.18
Had the RBK40 for about two week and experiencing random reboots on the RBR40 since it was auto upgraded to V2.1.2.18. The RBS40 unit seems to be pretty stable which has been up for about 1 week. I have iPhones, smart things hub, hue hub, roku, cromecast, google home, macbooks, and widows pc, xbox, harmony hub, wireless printer devices on conncted to the Orbi. Anyone else with RBK40 experiencing the same issue on V2.1.2.18? Is this a known issue Netgear is looking at? Aside from the random reboots, the coverage and performance has been great but I will be returning due to the unstable firmware. PS: Forcing auto fireware upgrade on people's orbi is crazy. You should have an option to opt out of the auto upgrade in the future firmware release.Orbi wifi disconnects/crashes caused by Google Home and Chromecasts OFFICIAL
Google has officially acknowledged this issue of wifi networks getting killed by way too frequent MDNS packets being sent from their devices that crash various routers. I will say that I switched to a Linksys after starting to have issues with Orbi late November, and have not had any more issues. I suppose the robustness of the router to handle such traffic comes into play. Google acknowledges wifi issues caused by Home and Cast devices.RBR40 / RBS40 Firmware Version 2.1.1.12 removes characters from wifi password
After updating Orbi RBR40 firmware to Version 2.1.1.12 after a reboot the system removes the characters “$ew0” from the wifi password. I had to fall back to RBR40 firmware version 2.0.0.26. Looking for an update to correct this defect.Have to Reset my CM500 when I Reboot the Computer
When I have to Reboot my Lenovo ideapad 70017ISK Laptop the Internet quits working. The Ethernet connection shows service and when I run the Windows 10 Troubleshooting it doesn't show any problems but I still can't connect to any Websites with the Browser. What I have to do is Reset the CM500 and then I can connect to the Web again. Any help would be greatly appreciated!