June 11th, 2021 
Marty Figgs 
If you’ve been having trouble with your Netgear Orbi mesh network, and you have a Pixel or Pixel 2, then your phone might be to blame. Or, at least, the software on it. There are many reports of spontaneous access point reboots, crashes, and intermittent connection issues for those using mesh network access points with devices running Android Oreo.
The issue seems to be quite widespread, with reports on Google’s Pixel Phone Help forum, reddit, and Netgear’s forums.
Android 8 Oreo may be causing Wi-Fi connection problems for some with mesh routers like Netgear’s Orbi was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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