Netgear Orbi dropping WiFi every few minutes after swap from FW Purple to Gold
Yesterday, I upgraded from my trusty FW Purple to a Gold I bought (2nd hand).
I dropped it in, migrated, adjusted WAN settings, put Pi-Hole docker back in place and connected everything.
Wired devices all get connected and have been working flawlessly ever since.
However, my WiFi access points have not been behaving well.
Hardware:
Provider modem/router in modem mode --> FW (Gold, was Purple) --> switch --> Netgear Orbi RBR740 (in Access Point mode) --> wireless backhaul --> Netgear Orbi RBS740 (access point, so always in AP mode)
Setup: FW in router mode, no DHCP on modem nor on any other device, Netgear items as mentioned above in AP mode, no fixed IP addresses (for now)
The above setup worked well when the Purple was in place and no settings have been changed.
Now, the RBR740 drops every few minutes. It then also drops connection to the 'satellite' of course.
(so, RBR740 is in AP mode, no NAT, no DHCP, ...)
I've scoured the internet and am yet to find a solution.
Things I've tried:
- disconnect and reboot each of the involved devices in multiple sequences
- change of switches
- turn of AX features
- give fixed IP addresses to Netgear devices
- upgraded to latest Orbi firmware
- upgraded Firewalla Gold to 22.04.4 based firmware
- disabled monitoring of the two Orbi devices in Firewalla
- disabled IPv6 in Firewalla
- ...
Would really appreciate some help, thanks in advance!
(Now, the good news is that I'd already ordered a pair of AP7's. the bad is that they're not here yet - and I have a rather unhappy wife and teenager to fend off. Also, I want to ensure there is no underlying issue / configuration item that might cause an issue when the AP7's arrive.)