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Shof
Aspirant
Apr 08, 2020

Airplay connection issues with Orbi

Greeting Netgear community, I recently purchased and installed an Orbi system with two satellites. It has been a great addition and works great for wifi in general. One thing I can struggling with is ...
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Nyane
Tutor
May 03, 2020
In case anyone was searching for the answer. I have found my problem. The Hegel was plugged into a Switch which was causing the issue. Once i connect the Hegel directly to the port of the Orbi, no airplay dropouts and airplay worked perfectly.
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
May 03, 2020

Glad you found the fix for this in your configuration. Odd that switches would do this unless it's a bad switch. 

Thanks for sharing. 

 

Enjoy. :smileywink:

Nyane wrote:
In case anyone was searching for the answer. I have found my problem. The Hegel was plugged into a Switch which was causing the issue. Once i connect the Hegel directly to the port of the Orbi, no airplay dropouts and airplay worked perfectly.