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OrbiOS 2.1.4 availability
A quick update. We're about to release an updated version of OrbiOS 2.1.4 in the next few days through our auto-update mechanism for all Orbi models. When it goes live, you should see a prompt in t...
Anyone have any ideas of what I can try to do to fix my Rainmachine? It's the only device that drops its connection after a few days. The only thing to get it back to normal is to disconnect it and reconnect it to the router. I don't think even a reboot of the rainmachine works.
Never had this issue with my old Asus router.
What channels are you using on the router? try manual channel 1, 6 or 11.
Any other wifi neighbors near by? How many?
Try setting WPA and TPIK only and test.
Try disabling MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming.
What is the distance between this rain machine device and the router or satellite? Feet?
Sdiver2489 wrote:
Anyone have any ideas of what I can try to do to fix my Rainmachine? It's the only device that drops its connection after a few days. The only thing to get it back to normal is to disconnect it and reconnect it to the router. I don't think even a reboot of the rainmachine works.
Never had this issue with my old Asus router.
A problem im noticing after the 2.1.4 update is if something causes the power to go out to the orbi router, then the satelites have an issue reconnecting on there own without a manual reboot. This wasn't the case in earlier versions. I also tried changing the channels, disabling/reenabling fast roaming, MU-MIMO, Beamforming to no effect on the problem. Thing is other than that the system is working pretty stable. So far no devices have just dropped off my network or lost connectivity. Looking through these forums that doesn't seem like the norm. Lets hope it remains that way *crossing my fingers* lol
Dear all,
After updating to the newest firmware I faced some issues as well.
Of course I had to do a factory reset and unplug all satellites because everything seemed to be dead. After a factory reset I plugged my first satellite back in (wired) and turned it on. So far so good.. After plugging in my second satellite (wired) the whole network dropped :(. Of course this made me feel a bit confused. But after turning this second satellite back off it seemed to be okay again.
WTF is going on here? From one day to another my whole network seemed to be dead as hell. I saw some solutions over here which is plugging the ethernet cable in after syncing wirelesly.. This is no option to me since the router and satellite are 15+ meters away from eachother.
Anyone got a solution how to fix this major issue?
Matjuhnl wrote:
Dear all,
After updating to the newest firmware I faced some issues as well.
Of course I had to do a factory reset and unplug all satellites because everything seemed to be dead. After a factory reset I plugged my first satellite back in (wired) and turned it on. So far so good.. After plugging in my second satellite (wired) the whole network dropped :(. Of course this made me feel a bit confused. But after turning this second satellite back off it seemed to be okay again.
WTF is going on here? From one day to another my whole network seemed to be dead as hell. I saw some solutions over here which is plugging the ethernet cable in after syncing wirelesly.. This is no option to me since those satellite are 15+ meters away from eachother.
Anyone got a solution how to fix this major issue?
From what I have learned, it's best to poweroff the satellite(s) remove the LAN cables and power them on again. Wait until the satellites have registered with your router and then olug the cable in one at a time. Give it some minutes to synchronize and you should be good to go.