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Almost officially done with Netgear Orbi and their support due to not fixing the wifi issues
I am done waiting not hearing anything back from their engineering team to fix this issue. It's been 3 weeks now with no fix. I pretty much told them, they have till Feb. 10th before I purchase a d...
Hello Everyone
We have release firmware version 1.12.0.18 this firmware has fixes for disconnects and many more I posted the release notes below.
https://kb.netgear.com/000044171/RBR50-Firmware-Version-1-12-0-18
If you are still having issues after updating your Orbi unit you may want to factory reset the Orbi and test again. If you are still having disconnect issues or other issues with this firmware please create a new thread or contact our support team.
http://www.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx
Thanks
DarrenM
With my 200 meg down connection I still see over 120-140 speeds at the satellites. Which isn't crap. Maybe there are other issues around your house causing interference.
I tried the Eero once as well, realiablility yeah, very good, nice apps and super easy to setup, however speed was horrible, does not compare with the Orbi at all.
I'm getting 200 up and down on my cellphone. Not the 300 I get on my hardwired PC. still pretty good. Not slow by any means. What good is fast speed on the orbi if it keeps dropping all the time.
@killabandit wrote:
You may lose some speed but when reliability is more important speed isn't any more. As long as it's fast wifi with stable connection that's all I cared about.
bobby35ny wrote:I'm getting 200 up and down on my cellphone. Not the 300 I get on my hardwired PC. still pretty good. Not slow by any means. What good is fast speed on the orbi if it keeps dropping all the time.
Exactly! Another Eero convert here. Orbi may be the future but it's definitely not today. I wanted a system that is reliable and doesn't require constant attention. Eero provides that, Orbi did not. Very happy camper now.
Speed is for braging rights. Having wifi that is stable will always be # 1 over speed in any ones network. If you can't have a stable wifi connection, you won't be able to run that speed test. :)
Orbi didn't have it. When my family (that doesn't care about speed) complaining to me all the time about their devices not working, I had to ditch the Orbi.