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Everything else works fine, and without issue, only Netflix giving him grief. I tested on my laptop on the WiFi -- no dice. The site loads, but none of the images do, and sometimes you can get a video to start, but it always craps out pretty quickly.
I hooked up wired to his Orbi -- same thing. I hooked up straight to his modem, and it worked fine, everything loaded as expected. What's even weirder though, is I tried DMZ'ing one of his Fire sticks, and it still doesn't work. The "Armor" or whatever it's called security is disabled. I tried several different DNS options, but none of them made a difference going through the router.
Guest network is diabled, checking the access control and all devices are set to allowed. uPnP is on, and again, literally everything else internet related works fine. (Firesticks stream other video just fine, PS4's work and can play online, Websites load normally, etc.)
I'm just at a total loss. I thought it could be some weird IPv6 issue but again, that reports as disabled in the only IPV6 menu I could find. He's on the latest firmware (AFAIK -- it ends in .16 and looked to be the same as the most current one on the Netgear site, up since April).
Anybody have any ideas? I'm at a complete and utter loss for ideas. I even talked to my boss, because I know he's set up a few of these things, and he said only thing he's ever had an issue with was getting Satellite's recognized. Again, I was operating 10 ft. from the main Orbi router, and tried on wireless, wired, and straight from modem. Only worked from the modem, although after I started a Netflix show on the modem, I unplugged my wired connection to it, reverted to WiFi, and it was able to continue playing -- apparently without issue.
Again, I just have no clue what the issue could be. It smells like DNS, but the DNS settings that worked straight from the modem are what's currently the setting on the router for DHCP (from WOW!), and I also tried adding in ye old 8.8.8.8 and that made no differnce.
Like I said (sorry if I wasn't clear enough) -- I tried on my laptop as well. Same thing, wouldn't load images -- literally shows all the links, and text, etc, but just no images. The top of the main page displays preview video but no other thumbnails show up. More importantly, works when I go around the router (straight to modem) -- so the problem is with the Orbi one way or another.
Unfortunately I've very much already seen the link you shared -- for fire sticks, it just suggests "make sure you're connected to the internet" and "restart your home network" (tragically laughable on both unfotunately).
Very confusing. Also tried uninstalling/reinstalling Netflix on the firestick (even though symptoms are exhibited on totally different types of devices, e.g. my laptop), clearing data, clearing cache, etc.
1) Are you 100% certain that the satellite and router have the exact same firmware version? (2.5.1.16 is most recent "well known" firmware but another has been recently released.) This may not be the issue but I've seen very stange things happen if the router and satellite aren't on the same firmware.
In fact I had assumed it was some sort of an issue relating to the Fire sticks, but the fact that it also didn't work on my laptop (including wired to the router) continue to puzzle. Just doesn't make sense.
Who is your ISP and what equipment did they provide?
What device is your Orbi router connected to?
Do you have any other Firesticks, another laptop or a smart TV with Neflix on it that you can test. I'm thinking video driver, or maybe a blocked port.or a specific version of Netflix.
My buddy has several firesticks, and they all exhibit the same symptoms (they are all gen2 firesticks). Also tested on wired and wireless PC's in his environment -- same problem on all. Additionally, one of the devices I tested on (my laptop) I hooked directly to modem (SB8200 has two ports so it was side by side) and Netflix worked flawlessly. Furthermore, once it was streaming a video successfully, I physically disconnected the cable, and swapped over to the WiFi (via ORBI, hooked up to the other port on the same modem), and it continued to play just fine (including much further ahead in the episode, and even the next episode).
Again, consumer grade stuff isn't really what I'm used to dealing with, especially stuff aimed @ user-friendliness, but I'm totally mystified by this. The only other thing I thought was that digging through the logs it seemed to ID a LOT of things as DoS attacks, and was thinking it was incorrectly ID'ing some netflix servers as a threat (again, it loads the CSS and everything for the Netflix site, just not the thumbnails or videos), however I also tried disabling the anti-DoS protection and that made no difference (all other security/etc stuff is disabled, all devices are set to allow, and no services are blocked, uPnP is on, etc.).
In so much as I didn't setup this network myself, I'm wondering if my buddy did something silly, but at every turn, everything seemed configured correctly to me -- and that's backed up by the fact that literally every other thing works perfectly. Every site, every app, streaming video, playing games, etc. etc. Not sure what on earth the issue could be.
His SSID is different than his old one, his old hardware (Eero I came to find out) is all disconnected, the issue exists on wired and wireless, multiple devices and types of devices, and is isolate to just netflix. Insanely strange.
Since you are an IT professional, then you know logically speaking if every other device you can find on his system is working flawlessly and the only devices collectively are devices supporting Netflix, then it is a Netflix issue. Do you have access to a 4k Firestick, or again do you have a smart TV with a Netflix app on it you can use to test? That error code is definitely a bandwidth issue.
I'm battling with them right now with several customers having issues with streaming any movie or TV show in Dolby Vision. Either the screen turns red, purple, green, yellow or blue. Netflix claims it's the device and the device manufacturers claim it is the version of Netflix. This is happening on portable devices as well as Smart 4k TVs. So I experimented on my Android box and downloaded and installed early to new version of Netflix and determined it is the version of Netflix. They are still claiming it is the device.
And again, logically speaking, if every device you have or test, works flawlessly with the Orbi system, and even the Firestick or laptop or any other device, that works flawlessly with the Orbi system, with the exception of the Netflix app, it has to be the Netflix app.
Netflix just won't work with the new Orbi. We're getting an error message stating that it looks like we're using an unblocker or VPN...we're not. The guy at Netflix told my wife that, in effect, Netflix doesn't work with Orbi because of the way devices switch between one unit and the other to get the best signal, or something like that. I switched back to our older Netgear router and everything's perfect.
We had the Orbi hard wired into an Arris cable modem from our ISP. All the devices (Sony smart TV, 2 PC laptops, Chromebook, 3iPhones on wifi. Great signal and functionality with everything but Netflix. Took the Orbi off and put our Netgear Nighthawk (R7000) back in and Netflix was immeditely great.
Could also be that the switch to Orbi prompted a DHCP address change from the ISP, and the one the OP got just so happened to previously be assigned to someone who was known to run a relay like Tor. If that's the case, it'll expire on its own...eventually.
I think they're going to have to come up with a better excuse than this. If Orbi had this problem, then all the other distributed/mesh systems out there should also be "incompatable" with Netflix. This is not the case, though. Whether or not you are jumping from satellite to satellite would be completely transparent to Netflix.
As a test, I just started a Netflix stream on my laptop and then started moving around the house. I verifiably saw my laptop jump from one Orbi satellite to another, and Netflix never missed a beat. So, gotta call b.s. on their claim that "Netflix doesn't work with Orbi".
Occasionally on my TV's built in app netflix hiccups - I think this is more a netflix issue. Try signing out of the app and back in. No problems on iPads, chromecasts, and netflix all sorts of different places and locations. Perhaps try a different wifi channel if you're in a congested wifi neighborhood. Try channel 1 or 11.
Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
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Enjoy.
I have an Orbi RBR50. We switched to a Fiber Optics provider and since then netflix continues to buffer and have lower quality. I talked to the service provider and they don't see any issue on their end so I gather it's something with the Orbi. FM is V2.3.5.30. Any ideas on how to potentially fix the issue?
What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too? Built in router here by chance? Is the Orbi system operating in Router or AP mode?
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected. -far-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite-from-my-Orbi-router