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Android devices keep getting thrown off the Orbi WiFi
(This was also an issue before the latest firmware) Our Android devices (tablets and phones) keep experincing the same issue. They are all sporadically thrown off WiFi and re-connected again a fe...
So I had it and bought the competitive brand that starts with an L. Here are the unscientific differences to a layman. The L works perfect, switches between zones flawlessly, no disconect and reconect, that was my issue with the Orbi. The speed on the L is much slower, I was getting the full 150 meg upload and download on the Orbi, the L is only about 100 mb each way-don't forget I said unscientific, this is running speedtest on my Note 4. Since I only use wifi for phone and tablet the 100mb is fast enough for my purpose. Too bad, the Orbi has so much promise. Really I spent too much time trying to get it to work, had I realized sooner I would have returned it.
I also gave up. My wife's S7 and mine constantly disconnected and I couldn't stand it anymore. Went with TP-Link, which has been slower but much more reliable. Too bad Netgear dropped the ball and hasn't addressed this issue at all, because it had a ton of potential.
This is really a strange one.
I have installed 3 different Orbi systems comprising two different model in two different locations and used a bunch of different firmware versions.
No drop out at all on either IOS or Android devices. I have tested extensively on my S7 Edge and Tab S2 including streaming movies with not even a hiccup.
Then there are a bunch of users who have this continual dropout.
It appears to be environment/network related. If you send me the units that don't work in your environment I am confident that they would work in my environment.
I think the problem that Netgear has on their hands is that they are finding it hard to reproduce the problem in their labs.
Given this the solution is being a bit elusive!!
The system works really well, I have high speed whole house coverage for the first time.
Hopefully they get the kinks sorted out so that the rest of you can also enjoy the performance.