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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...
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I have installed RBK40 and RBK50 both at my home and at another location with 100% success will all versions of the firmware.
I run an S7 Edge running and and S2 Tab both running Android 7. We also have Iphones and many other wifi devices connected.
Both locations had AT&T NVG599 gateways that the Orbi attached to. Orbi detected this and changed the IP range to 10.0.x.x for all devices connecting to it.
I have 5 android devices (4 phones and 1 tablet). The device that seems to be the one that drops all the time is the Moto g4 phone. It's the only on that has been updated to Android 7.0. All the other devices are running 4.x to 6.x. I do agree that there is something in this version of Android. For me I keep phone on a stand next to my computer and I can look at the wifi signal and it's peek. The minute I pick the phone off the stand wake the screen the Wifi drops and takes about 30 to 45 seconds to recoonnect. I have written a tasker task the montors the number of disconnects and I find over 30 per hour with this phone.