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Intermittent internet connectivity outage with Orbi?
I just installed my new Orbi router yesterday, replacing a Nighthawk R8500. I believe that overall wireless coverage has improved, though top-end performance is not quite as high (measured via fast....
I read in the other "Ring Door Bell" thread that a customer had better results after disabling "Enable Implicit BEAMFORMING". So I tried that just to see what happens. It's probably too early to tell yet, but my 2 Nest cameras have only disconnected once in the past 2 days and I think that's because there was a power outage at my house today (I wasn't home and both cameras went out at the same time, something the intermittent outages haven't done).
> Wow, not just wireless issue, I'm hardwired and every day got disconnected.
Do you get router log entries indicating these disconnects? I haven't received any more dropcam disconnects (they get flagged) since disabling implicit beamforming, but maybe the dropcams don't alert if the disconnect is very brief. So I'd like to see if any of your specific log entries appear in my router log.
I don't see disconnects but this morning when I checked i did see an Internet Connection logged between 4 hour window I hadnt used it, and my work vpn was disconnected again. Work VPN has never been an issue with connectivity. Only since I installed this new router.
With the latest firmware, the disconnects went from every couple of hours to a couple of times a day (with beamforming on.)
Of course, with beamforming off, there were no disconnects, but range sufferd and my MS Surface 3 Pro had very slow speeds, even 5 feet away from the router. I was getting 1/4 of the speeds I have with Comcast in my Surface.
Oh well, I was hoping Orbi would be a keeper, but it's not ready for primetime.
In my case I have beamforming off so that my Dropcams don't disconnect. I have not noticed any speed or range issues with my Surface Book and I'm getting170-200Mbps wireless (fast.com), which is about the same that I was previously getting with my R8000. I haven't noticed any differences with our iPhones or iPads either. I do hope we have "better" or "more complete" wireless coverage within the house because of the extra satellite.
Hello everyone
We just released Firmware version 1.4.0.16 which was a big updates with performance and bug fixes as well as guest network has anyone updated to this firmware that is using Nest cams to see if it has improved the performance of the Nest cams? If so please let me know if any new problems are happening with the latest firmware or if it has resolved the issues.
Thanks
DarrenM
