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Devices Keep Disconnecting on RBS50 - RBR50
I purchased the Orbi in late December and got it up and operating in early January of this year. Since day 1 I have had regular issues with my laptop disconnecting from the wifi. However, over the ...
Hello burger42
Do you have beamforming and MUMIMO disabled?
DarrenM
I will have to check and see if they are disabled or not.
I have been able to determine that the issue seems to be associated with more than one device accessing the network as the disconnection on my laptop only seems to occur when someone else is wirelessly accessing the network at the same time. I am still work to determine if this is limited only to cell phones accessing the network or any other device accessing it.
They were both disabled.
Orbi hands down is the most unreliable router I ever owned.
Another workaround is to lower the power level of the 2.4 ghz network some people have reported this has helped.
DarrenM