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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).
Hi all.
I was about to buy the Orbi until I saw this thread about the problem with Nest Dropcam. Having constant Dropcam coverage is very important to me -- I can't have it drop even once, let alone several times per day -- so now I'm considering going with the new Google WiFi instead. Since I'd prefer to go with Orbi, could someone please educate me on exactly what this "Implicit Beamforming" is? What does it do? Does turning it off fix the problem? And more importantly, what suffers if it does get turned off? Lastly, does anyone know if this problem exists with the new Google WiFi?
Thank you!
It's one of the advanced options in the router and none of my 4 dropcams have suffered any connectivity problems with it off. I wouldn't avoid the Orbi just because of this behavior since this workaround exists. My wifi performance is still really good with the option off and I wasn't able to detect or measure any difference with it on/off.
I guess my concern is that I don't know what turning it off actually does. There must be a reason for it to be on (it's gotta do something, right?) so what changes once it's turned off?
Also: the Orbi is better than the Google WiFi which is likely why it's more expensive. If turning off this "beamforming" makes the Orbi not quite as good as when beamforming is turned on, then it might not be worth it to pay the extra money for the Orbi. Does that make sense?