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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).
So I did some research on Beamforming. According to Netgear themselves (here) they say this:
"Beamforming means that your router actively tracks clients and directs pinpoints Wifi to the client, rather than just blasting it out in all directions. This means better WiFi range and performance for your WiFi devices."
Therefore, I think I'd rather not have to turn this feature off.
(Granted the page I linked to is for a different Netgear router -- but the principle technology should remain the same.)
turning it off is a work around for certain types of wireless clients that seem to have issues with beamforming and mu-mimo
if you dont have cklients with these issues you can re enable both