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Alternative to Orbi
Getting frustrated with the constant drops on my IOS devices, wondering if it is time to take the Orbi back to Costco and get something else. I have a 4000SF house, wood construction and Ethernet dr...
I'm gonna give djc6 a kudo for his default settings remark. I been sayinf and thinking the same thing. Til netgear fixes enjoy awesome wireless without mimo. The implicit beamforming isn't needed anyhow unless U have a specific device that works only with that specific beamforming. Most n devices work better and more stable with explicit anyhow. I almost took djc6's kudo away for his name tho. Was hard to remember.
OK, so I am going to run with Beamforming and MIMO turned off for a few days and see if that settles things down.
I have tried everything as well. Going back to Costco today.
I went back to Costco and exchanged the orbi.. i just installed it. We shall see what happens. The Orbi router is connected directly to the Fios connection.. I am not using a FIOS router.
Superpop wrote:OK, so I am going to run with Beamforming and MIMO turned off for a few days and see if that settles things down.
Any luck with beamforming and MIMO turned off?
I discovered that I left the 2.4gHz channel selection set in "auto". By locking it to channel 6, I've gotten much better stability on my 2.4 gHz devices. I will do a more indepth signal analysis to see if channel 1 or 11 will be better. However, my nearest neighbor with potential interference is several hundred feet away. BTW, my 5 gHz band has been locked in channel 48 with good stability and range since installing the ORBI 10 days ago.
