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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).
dekka007
Dec 31, 2016Apprentice
Drops are occuring for me on all apple
devices not just restricted to Nest.
The performance hit with beam
forming disabled in my house is dramatic 50%+ drop in throughput.
the strange part is the dropouts on apple
devices only occurs about 3-5 days after a router reboot.
devices not just restricted to Nest.
The performance hit with beam
forming disabled in my house is dramatic 50%+ drop in throughput.
the strange part is the dropouts on apple
devices only occurs about 3-5 days after a router reboot.
JMU1998
Dec 31, 2016Luminary
I have been mentioning this eversince 18 came out it is not stable for iOS devices reboots every other day, factory resets weekly or disabling beamforming is NOT the solution. I best hopes are Netgear Engineering are reading these posts from loyal customers who know that Orbi has tremendous potential and is a matter of a solid stable Firmware
- troybarwickDec 31, 2016Initiate
I returned it today. Never again with Netgear.