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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).
trueno wrote:I can confirm that ,after disabling the implicit beamforming option, my nestcams are working perfectly. I'm waiting for a Velop but I'll probably return it as soon as it arrives.
I tried the Velop. It has a lot of similar issues as Orbi, one of them dropping Nest Cams. I spent several hours on the phone with tech support that included channel optimization, full resets, experiment with node placement, etc. No luck. It's just not ready for prime time IMO. I don't mind doing a few minor tweaks, but Velop required more than that, much more than I was willing to do. For $500, I expect it to work pretty much out of the box. It did not, not even close, so I returned it after two days.
Since then, I've been watching this forum. Hopefully Netgear will fix Orbi's issues that have come up repeatedly here, namely that of iOS and Nest Cam disconnects. Once they do, I'd love to give it a try. Until then, I'll have to be content with my Airport Extreme. It may not have the potential of Orbi, but at least I have steady, reliable wifi without the frustration of essentially being a beta tester. I readliy admit that I do not have the technical knowledge of many here, nor do I have the time or desire to dive deep into this stuff. Just not my thing. That said, I appreciate everyone's feedback of the system's overall performance. Thank you!
I loved the airport extreme, specially the way you can extend the network, but the cams and devices I have are scattered around in the house and out in the yard. I even have a sprinkler controller around 100ft from the house and the performance was not good at all.
Hello Guytech
No way to limit it to just the 20 MHz as of right now.
DarrenM
NETGEAR is aware of an issue affecting some users where wireless client devices frequently disconnect/reconnect from the Orbi WiFi network. We’re actively working on the issue and hope to have a solution soon.
Thank You
DarrenM
