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OrbiOS 2.1.4.10 kills Internet access if you use Ethernet back haul
I'd been happily using the RBK50 Orbi AC3000 single satellite system since June of 2017 and started using ethernet back haul succesfully around October 2017. Typically 8-16 connections at any given ...
I updated my firmware to 2.2.1.210 today and it solved the ethernet back haul taking the internet connection down and eliminated a couple of other oddities that I was experiencing.
Confirmed, that solution fixed the wired backhaul issue for me as well. It would be really nice if Netgear would either allow me to disable auto updates (like this one that left my family without network while I was on a trip) or push working firmware updates. Either one... I prefer actually a combination where I can choose to update to a working firmware when I am around.
Side note... having a link in the support page associated with the recent formware update that "shows how to disable auto update" for a different model or version of the firmware also doesn't help. Would be good to obsolete that article, or make the connection more explicit.
Thanks for the advice,
Sven
Rather than disabling daisy chaining entirely, I went in to the wired backhaul satellite and enabled STP (spanning tree protocol). You can search my other post for instructions. This has stabilized my network for now until Netgear puts out a fix. I do wonder if STP is one of the internal settings that gets changed when daisy chaining is toggled on and off. The only problem with STP is that it is not persistent - in other words, if the satellite loses power the. STP gets reset.
Daisy chain is only needed if two or more Satellites are in used and if the user has them placed in a chain so they are able to use the daisy chain feature. So if theres only one satellite, Dasiy Chain isn't really needed as is easier to juts disable the check mark and save settings for the average home user.
Zdman wrote:
Rather than disabling daisy chaining entirely, I went in to the wired backhaul satellite and enabled STP (spanning tree protocol). You can search my other post for instructions. This has stabilized my network for now until Netgear puts out a fix. I do wonder if STP is one of the internal settings that gets changed when daisy chaining is toggled on and off. The only problem with STP is that it is not persistent - in other words, if the satellite loses power the. STP gets reset.
