Latest updates nerfed wireless range!!!

tallack
Aspirant
May 09, 2019
I went back to 2.2.1.212 "just to be sure".

Bloody rude of them to nerf the power. :(
- ekhalil
  Master
  May 10, 2019
  You can check the transmission power (and change it) in Orbi using the following telnet commands:
  
  root@RBR50:/# iwlist ath0 txpower
  
  ath0 8 available transmit-powers :
  
  0 dBm (1 mW)
  
  6 dBm (3 mW)
  
  8 dBm (6 mW)
  
  10 dBm (10 mW)
  
  12 dBm (15 mW)
  
  14 dBm (25 mW)
  
  16 dBm (39 mW)
  
  18 dBm (63 mW)
  
  Current Tx-Power:18 dBm (63 mW)
  
  Where the interfaces are as follows (in RBR50):
  
  ath0 (Fronthaul 2.4GHz)
  
  ath1 (Fronthaul 5GHz)
  
  ath02 (Guest 2.4GHz)
  
  ath11 (Guest 5 GHz)
  
  ath01 (Backhaul 2.4GHz)
  
  ath2 (Backhaul 5GHz)
  - Ragar99
    Luminary
    May 10, 2019
    I went back to 1.12.0.18 and blocked the auto update a few months ago. The reason was it seemed each new release caused more problems in general and reduced range/throughput specifically.
    
    I asked in these forums which was the "best" firmware and didn't get a very good answer so I picked 1.12.0.18 for two reasons:
    
    This glowing review which was done using 1.12.0.18: https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/33132-wi-fi-system-retest-netgear-ac3000-orbi-and-linksys-velopp
    
    The fact that I don't use/need daisy chain which was introduced in version 2. I am starting to think that adding daisy chain was too much for the Netgear engineering team and that is when this product went South.
    
    I keep trying new releases, but none have the same range/throughput as 1.12.0.18.

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Latest updates nerfed wireless range!!!