Orbi is what I had prior to my Ubiquiti gear.
Netgear had a tendency to push buggy updates, leaving me with a router that had to be rebooted daily.
It’s a shame, because it was (at the time I got it at least) the only consumer mesh setup that was properly designed, using separate frequencies to connect the nodes to the router vice the 5GHz frequencies it uses to connect to gadgets.
Interesting as I have not had to reboot my Orbi once. Perhaps they worked out the kinks before the version I bought.
If you have splitters between where the cable enters your house from the street and your cable modem that could be your problem. My home was built 1994, and two visits by cable company over the 13 years I have owned it found splitters that have failed (and were source of problem). Coax might also be a problem, but not for me so far.
I use google wifi too because we have a 3 story house
Eero Pro all the way here. 3 story house. At times, 3+ people running Zoom, Google Meet, etc… We have Verizon fiber 200 up/down. There isn’t a corner of my house that doesn’t get at least 100 up/down. Since we are a cord cutter and don’t pay Verizon for the TV I handed back their wireless router and only use the Eero. Couldn’t be happier.
I’m thinking that as well. The Frontier box has a 6-way splitter (three are active). The Spectrum feed from the street might not be able to handle that without a booster.
So, we’ll see what the Spectrum tech says.
Bump:
Since this thread was last posted to, we dumped Spectrum because they were moving to a “streaming” system, and my TiVo box would be deemed too consumer-friendly (great interface, skip or real-time FF (that is, able to watch like an old VCR, as opposed to FF’ing 15 seconds as my current YouTubeTV (via Frontier) and every other streamer we have, etc.), and never giving me those low-def that I have seen recently), so F’ 'em.
Now, the Frontier Modem (I have a separate router/wifi noted above) keeps turning its internet light red. It feels a little warm, but that shouldn’t be enough to turn it all the way off.
So, what do you think? New Modem needed?
will check my ONT, whatever and wherever that is.
Nothing?
So, the modem seems to be acting up at about the same time every day, from 3:30 until about 7.
It is not as hot in my office (where the Modem is) as it was a month ago, so it isn’t a climate thing. Modej is not hidden away. Right on top of my desk, where I can get to it to restart it several times between 3:30 and 7 every day.
Still warm to the touch but not blazing.
It is as warm to the touch now as it will be later today, i.e., the modem doesn’t get hotter. The timing seems too coincidental.
So, I’m calling Frontier as ordered by the CHO (Chief House Officer), maybe get a new one.
Modems get flaky like that, it’s just age. The diagnosis is ‘get a new router’, because what’s causing the problem is ‘old router’.
It is known.
Thanks, guys.
Any theory on why this happens at the same time every day? I mean all night long it doesn’t go off. But for these few hours, I have to reset a good five times.
Colic
Um, what?
Irrationally temperamental for a predictable interval.
You had kids. I figured you knew what colic is. Or are they only Mrs. DTNF’s kids?
Yes. This is happening because you have an old router.
Seriously, you’d think it’s something you would try and diagnosis. But 99% this isn’t something you diagnose, it’s something you just fix.
Well, it is the modem, not the router. Router/Wi-fi (Nighthawk, also on the desk as I hard-wire laptop, printer, desktop in bedroom next door to it) is fine, as far as I can tell.
That does not explain the “same time, every day” thing.
I mean an old modem should be dropping off at regular intervals throughout the day, not only from 3:30PM to 7PM. Which, coincidentally is when wife gets home from work…
Ah.
Is it cable or fiber?
If it were cable, I would suspect that a combination of afternoon traffic on the network (kids streaming) and a marginal signal to your modem would be a contributing factor. I don’t have the experience with fiber to have a feel for how plausible a hypothesis that might be.
I have cable at my home. For a while, I had a problem with my modem losing connectivity 2-3 times a day, usually in the daytime, usually on the warmest days. I know that signal to my modem is just barely acceptable (I’m out at the end of the cable plant, and an extended distance from the street).
Replacing the 5 year-old modem did reduce the frequency of the problem…but it didn’t eliminate it entirely (it now occurs 2-3 times a month in summer).
I haven’t had the masochism to call the cable company about the subject. Instead, I just repurposed a hotspot I had for when I was traveling to act as failover connectivity for my work PC.
You want to diagnose it? Get a new modem. Swap it out. See if that fixes the problem.
My point is, you’re unlikely to be able to find a rational explanation for the problem other than ‘modem keeps doing that’.
It is fiber until it gets into my house.
You referring to my angels or the brats in the neighbors’ homes?
Cuz,
Could be my wife…wonder what she’s watching/playing…
If the brats are all simply turning on their streaming TV (as my wife does) instead of using the cable (who has that anymore, and, luddite here, unfamiliar with how all them tubes work), all at 3:30 or so, maybe.
Thinking I could hook up a very small fan to cool it off, see if the “overheating” is causing it.
Or, I could try to open it up and clean out the dust-bunnies, if they exist.
So, I’m going masochistic and calling Frontier for a new modem, as those are my orders.