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Dropcam issues and separate SSID's for 2.4 and 5.0 GHZ
I have an issue and also a question. I have over 50 devices, phones, ipads,compters, smarthome hubs and devices(which all stay connect the the network). I also have two Dropcam cameras which can conn...
Yld2rob,
The Dropcam disconnect problem is a known issues. You'll need to disable implicit breamforming in the Orbi config to fix the problem.
-Josh
Thanks. I thought I was going crazy. So Netgear is working on a fix? Beamforming is a feature that some of my other devices use and would like them to take advantage of.
We think they are working on a fix, but there has been no real confirmation.
Your AC devices will still use beamforming, as they use explicit beamforming. Your non-ac devices will not be able to use it. I haven't been able to see any performance change on non-ac devices when turning implicit on/off
Tier 2 Netgear support confirmed there is a issue with Nest Dropcam cameras losing connection when "Explicit Beamforming" is enabled. They are working on a solution. I can confirm by disabling that feature, the cameras no longer disconnect.