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Mikey94025
Sep 25, 2016Hero
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....
- Sep 29, 2016
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).
nitrogen1
Dec 09, 2016Guide
Why would you pay the extra money for features that don't work? Sure, turning it off is a workaround but if you have to do that then why even bother with it? It's frustrating more than anything. Google (or more so Alphabet) prioritizes price reduction for it's companies as well, hence why it is cheaper than Orbi (which is way overpriced in comparison to competition) or Eero (also very pricey but works really well) or AmpliFi HD (apprarantly also works really well). I personally haad problems with all my devices connected to Orbi, and speeds were slow with my smart tv and my Macbook pro (along with all other complaints here). For that high of a price it just wasn;t worth the hassle, and beamforming is not that new of a technology to usse it as an excuse, it's implemented in plenty or routers and works fine. I ended up going with a eero and have had zero problems and great performance, but again it's very pricey which is a huge con for it. Why don't you just buy both and return the one that doesn't work as well as the other? Gotta remember with wifi each home is different, so other people's issue might not be your own and vice versa.
TechnologyGuy
Dec 09, 2016Star
Does anyone happen to know if "Google WiFi" has this same issue with Nest Dropcams while Beamforming is on?