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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...
I had an airport setup for a few years consisting of just a central extreme and also a couple of satelites. I had to routinely reboot the primary router in order to regain full functionality - it just seemed to get stupid and locked up on an erroneous IP range after connecting through VPN to work; it was a monthly routine and I tried a couple of different units. I replaced it with the Orbi RBK53 and haven't had any problems. I've monitored this forum for over a year, and understand some have had issues, but for me running the Orbi system (not in AP mode) has been pretty much flawless. I do ensure I take everything down after a firmware update. First ensuring the router is up, and then after that my satellites. Not sure what function the extreme is serving in your setup, but try taking it out. I do power all of my devices off a good UPS so that "should" rule out power related issues.
You know there is an industry wide problem when Amazon sells devices that will reboot your router on a timer so that you can start each day with a new image running on the router.
We are way past the day when we used to check our AOL mail twice a day on a 1200baud dial up. Today we run our homes and our lives on our in-home networks that are comparable in size and complexity than anything you will find in a small business office. Our home data network needs to be as available and dependable as electricity.
If you're having problems with reboots check memory usage in debug.html on both router and satellite. Perhaps something is filling up the log and it runs out of memory. Also check network session number.