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Extremely slow performance with Orbi satellite
Hi, I have owned an Orbi system since last November (single RBR50 and RBS50) and have found it to be very reliable. Today I decided to install an Orbi setup for my mom (also RBR50 and RBS50). I ...
Hello landlord11
Can you try to re position the satellite and test again or even move it close to the router to test.
DarrenM
Having the same issues for the past 3-4 months, Speedtest is slow and many timeouts when I ping even the local default gateway. Only seems to happen with the satellite unit and has become very frustrating to deal with this. Support has provided firmware betas that had helped in the past then the problem comes back. My house is only 2000 square feet!
- Having the same issue with the satellite for 3 months and it’s impacting things like my Wifi baby monitor, work and phone calls as well as smarthome devices which is unacceptable and false advertising!
Is a fix coming, I have the two unit configuration covering a 2000 square foot house and this setup is supposed to cover twice this square footage. The annoying thing is everything worked great for 5-6 months then all of sudden an issue. Support keeps giving me a run around with no real answer except they know something is wrong, I’m to the point I want to exchange my satalite but support at netgear is telling me that won’t fix the problem!
Well if that’s the case I won’t my $350 back so I can buy a product that works as advertised!
Ion
Igott wrote:
Having the same issue with the satellite for 3 months and it’s impacting things like my Wifi baby monitor, work and phone calls as well as smarthome devices which is unacceptable and false advertising!
Is a fix coming, I have the two unit configuration covering a 2000 square foot house and this setup is supposed to cover twice this square footage. The annoying thing is everything worked great for 5-6 months then all of sudden an issue. Support keeps giving me a run around with no real answer except they know something is wrong, I’m to the point I want to exchange my satalite but support at netgear is telling me that won’t fix the problem!
Well if that’s the case I won’t my $350 back so I can buy a product that works as advertised!
IonYou should try moving the router and satellite so they are closer together and/or have fewer walls between them. Placement is critical for the satellite to work well.
If you already tried this, try it again with different placement. Move them closer together than you want and see if things are stable. If they are stable but closer than you like, move them farther apart every day or two untill you have issues again, and you should have an idea of the maximum range.
Other people have had to move their systems after the most recent firmware. It seems the most recent firmware changed something that reduced the router-to-satellite range somewhat.