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twocybers
Jan 08, 2017Star
Beam Forming & iOS issues - likely bug
Yesterday I updated the Firmware to 1.4.0.34 and turned on Beam Forming. After that I was unable to backup any of our iOS devices vis WiFi. Rebooted the world without any affect. Turned off Beamfo...
Hydro130
Jan 08, 2017Luminary
I hate to sound like an Orbi schill here (not my intent!), but I've had my Orbi since late October, and from then up to & including this most recent firmware, I've never experienced any drops on any devices - including multiple iOS and macOS devices.
Although I have very few non-ac wireless devices anymore (but I admittedly have no cams), I've always left the "implicit beamforming" option checked (as well as mu-mimo). No drops.
In another thread, someone brought up satellitle positioning as their fix -- they discovered that that the satellite was positioned a bit too close to the router, and that was causing just a bit too much of an overlap - when they increased the satellite distance, the drops stopped happening.
Food for thought?
Cheers, Chris