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AmitR
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Feb 13, 2018

OrbiOS MR 2.1 issues

I wanted to reach out to provide a quick update on OrbiOS 2.1 software.  We believe that these issues are affecting some users.  Rest assured that we've been following this issue and working hard beh...
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7b7's avatar
7b7
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Feb 15, 2018

I am also having issues with 2.1. 

  • I have 2 satelites and 1 router. 
  • I have xfinity 130 down and 20 up.
  • 32 connected devices (mostly apple and home automation)

 

All the metrics look good, but periodically throughout the day I loose internet/connectivity.  I have also noticed with 2.1 when adding any real load to traffic, everything conected suffers.  I am not talking about slower speeds, I am talking about everything stops.  For example, pushing a 600mb docker image to google cripples my wireless network.  The push happens from a wired connection that is plugged into the RBR50.    Any help or testing I am can do I am willing.

 

I am loosing my faith in this setup, but not ready to throw in the towel.

 

Thanks

  • Roamabout's avatar
    Roamabout
    Luminary
    Feb 15, 2018
    7b7wrote:

    I am also having issues with 2.1. 

    • I have 2 satelites and 1 router. 
    • I have xfinity 130 down and 20 up.
    • 32 connected devices (mostly apple and home automation)

     

    All the metrics look good, but periodically throughout the day I loose internet/connectivity.  I have also noticed with 2.1 when adding any real load to traffic, everything conected suffers.  I am not talking about slower speeds, I am talking about everything stops.  For example, pushing a 600mb docker image to google cripples my wireless network.  The push happens from a wired connection that is plugged into the RBR50.    Any help or testing I am can do I am willing.

     

    I am loosing my faith in this setup, but not ready to throw in the towel.

     

    Thanks

    The fact that Netgear has pulled the 2.1 release and is holding new customers at 2.0 tells me that they have no faith in that release. I would roll back to what Netgear thinks is a stable release assuming you are not married to the ethernet backhaul.

     

    https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBK50.aspx#download