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Orbi RBR50 router randomly disconnects/blocks internet for the whole network.
Multiple versions of the firmware, now latest: 2.3.5.30, at least also 2.3.1.60. Probably also 2.3.1.48 and 2.3.1.44 (don't remember exactly, as I blamed the isp in the start). Also notice that I'm ...
back-to-reality wrote:
Disable Circle. That fixed it for me
Unfortunately, I payed for the service as I need it for the small kids at home :)
Just an idea: you could try to set all devices that you don´t need to monitor as "unmanaged" in Circle and just leave the kids devices. Maybe that would reduce the load on the CPU and may help.
Also, I suppose you can disable it temporary just to see if it solves the disconnects and then decide what you do next.
back-to-reality wrote:Just an idea: you could try to set all devices that you don´t need to monitor as "unmanaged" in Circle and just leave the kids devices. Maybe that would reduce the load on the CPU and may help.
The block/disconnect affects both managed and unmanaged devices.
Like the TV, the alarm, the cable decoder had to be set to unmanaged to be able to function.
And one of my PCs are unmanaged, just to see if there are difference.
It could be that this started after I bought the full version of the Circle software, so I could add bedtime and so for the kids devices.
It's not the full version. I had this issue while trying out Circle with the free version. If you enabled shell access, you could try to watch the CPU load during the disconnects, to confirm if it's related to CPU overload or rather a routing problem.
Also, I wonder if the filtering is done all locally, or if there's some kind of communication with an external server, which could stall the filter if the external server was unreachable...
But this is getting way to technical. From a customer point of view, it just doesn´t work. I'd ask for a refund if I would have payed for Circle. As a paying customer, I am not supposed to spend my time trying to fix things. They should either work or be free. I miss the Apple routers...
I have been having this same issue, and I am not using either Circle or Armor anymore. I lose both wired and wifi connections about every hour or so, sometime more.......sometimes less. No idea what is causing this......makes no sense. But it does sound like an internal issue with the routing, since it affect both types of connections....