Back to the nightmare again on latest firmware

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mastervisa30 wrote:

Firmware Version 2.3.0.32 didnt work for me,i have droops out all the time on my 2 satellites,

poor signal and not connected all the time,my kids and wife are going mad on me.have tried reset and asked people on this forum for help but still have the same problem.

But i was going back to firmware version 2.2.1.210 and now its working again.

Iv been using orbi a wile now and the firmwares is a nightmare sometimes.

I called my store i can send it back if i want?but i dont know?

Maybe i should go for aimesh asus?ore wait for the new wifi 6 ax orbi/asus

this is startimg to be a nightmare,have been working long time now and suddenly droops out on the new firmare.

I like to test but not my wife and kids:)

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I too found the signal dropped significantly and I did also have some drop outs.

Initially I found the guest network appeared even though it wasn't enabled, but disappeared eventually after i enabled and re-disabled it.

 

with regards to Asus I have and use a DSL-AC68U as my router and have orbi in AP mode. I also have two RT-AC68U's which i tried setting up in aimesh. I had some small issues, it seemed to make the router more unreliable i think maybe the extra work load was just a bit too much especially as these are quite old now for routers.

Another issue is these asus aimesh routers are not very pretty and very un-wife-friendly, the orbi at least is a little more palatable.

 

So after a while a re-instated the orbi as i don't really like wasting a few hundred pounds on kit not to use it. I also thought by now there must be a much more stable firmware, which to be honest there was. 

For me the previous firmware 2.2.1.210 has been a good one.

Coverage has been good and solid. I use ch6 and ch44 so that things like sonos work and my wifi cameras etc.

I must admit i did um and ahh about doing the manual update to this .32 firmware and i do think maybe i shouldn't have.

 

I have thought about going back to my previous version as the wifi coverage is so poor now and it has started to drop connections again.

 

However I believe in going forward rather than back, so I am going to sit this out a little and see what others find. If there is no further update then I may well roll back a little step and wait again. At least I would have something that works for me.

 

Just my two pence worth here.

 

Best of luck. Ben