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Bye Orbi
Had the rbr50 set with router and one satellite. Never did like it and it just went out. Had extended warranty and instead of getting orbi went with eero pro, 2nd gen, 3 pro units. Virtually nothing t...
"My advice is IF your problem is FW related, try and revert back to an earlier FW,"
I did that for a while but it's not a good long term solution because we miss out on critical security updates. Even feature updates.
It's been months and months since firmware updates started ruining many Orbi owners experiences. If they haven't fixed it yet it's because they eithier don't care or have hardware conflicts that cause some Orbi owners to be SOL.
Orbi used to "just work". It was fast and everything connected. Now it's slow(er) and drops connections.
I'm certainly happy for those Orbi owners who have no problems. I used to be one of them and actually recommended Orbi to many people. I just need my fast internet connection to work without having to become an amateur network engineer. Too many headaches these days with Orbi and it's time to cut bait.
RebelDad wrote:"My advice is IF your problem is FW related, try and revert back to an earlier FW,"
I did that for a while but it's not a good long term solution because we miss out on critical security updates. Even feature updates.
Critical security updates are still being pushed via auto-updates. The idea of reverting was to get you back to a working FW and then leave it alone. Some think that turning off auto updates all together is a solution. The question then becomes how will you tell which FW to apply to your system?