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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).
For anyone with speed issues, I encountered something I wanted to share. In my house, the builder had pre-wired all the rooms with CAT5e cabling and RJ-45 wall plates. They all terminate in the basement where I keep my AT&T gateway (modem/router). Since the Orbi router should be in a central location, it's sitting on my main floor connected to one of the wall plates, which leads to a switch in the basement which in turn connects to the gateway.
When I first set it up, I used the flat CAT5e cable that came with the Orbi to connect the router to the wall plate. I couldn't get anything past 95Mbps. It was driving me nuts. So I decided to change it to a Cat6 cable I had lying around and viola! My mobile devices jumped to 400Mbps. I understand connecting a Cat6 cable to existing CAT5e cabling will only produce speeds the CAT5e cable can handle since it would theoretically be the bottleneck. But my point is, the flat Ethernet cable that came in the box with the Orbi may be the root cause for folks who are having speed issues. Just wanted to share in case it helps anyone else.
When I first set it up, I used the flat CAT5e cable that came with the Orbi to connect the router to the wall plate. I couldn't get anything past 95Mbps. It was driving me nuts. So I decided to change it to a Cat6 cable I had lying around and viola! My mobile devices jumped to 400Mbps. I understand connecting a Cat6 cable to existing CAT5e cabling will only produce speeds the CAT5e cable can handle since it would theoretically be the bottleneck. But my point is, the flat Ethernet cable that came in the box with the Orbi may be the root cause for folks who are having speed issues. Just wanted to share in case it helps anyone else.