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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).
DarrenM
May 08, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello MeGrimlock
We have a beta firmware for the issues with Nest cams with beam forming if you would like to test this PM me your contact info.
DarrenM
Jporter80
Jun 26, 2017Aspirant
DarrenM wrote:Hello MeGrimlock
We have a beta firmware for the issues with Nest cams with beam forming if you would like to test this PM me your contact info.
DarrenM
DarrenM, Sent you a PM for the beta firmware. How long til I hear? This dropping issue is driving me nuts.
- bsholbrookJun 26, 2017Apprentice
This latest beta firmware was a pain to update too, but has been outstanding in terms of performance and connectivity. I’ve had nest cameras connected with all advanced features on and had 0 drops in over a week.