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bkph
Jan 13, 2021Follower
LBR20 bugs and suggested improvements
Sadly, there seems to be no way to provide technical feedback to NETGEAR's impenetrable fortress :-). So I'll list some shortcomings and some suggestions for the LBR20 here in the hope someone will s...
KiskuB
Mar 23, 2021Aspirant
Dear Netgear,
I struggle so much with the same items as bkph . But aside of that I would like to mention the following improvement points:
1) The Webinterface is very slow.
2) Port reservations are troubelsome. My printer I want to put on address 135. It does not want to sit there it aways goes to address 11. If I move the two sattelites to 11 and 12 this causes a lot of unrest. The router suddenly thinks it is a good idea to put sattelite-2 on address 250. The printer stays at 11. Even after a reboot this does not get cured. After removal of the sattelite port settings they are on 3 and 12 out of free will while the printer is back on 11. Some advice would be helpfull to get around this strange behaviour.
3) I wonder if the the list "Connected Devices" is correct. This because if I put my phone on top af satelite-1 and switch wifi of and on it still reports as connected to sattelite-2 after refresh of the list. Later I find out that it seems to take about 2 minutes before the list really updates.
4) Automatic log out happens very fast, something like two minutes. What is worse it activates the page so it wants to be logged in while you are typing on a other page within the browser.
5) I have had other equipment from Netgear but never I have seen such strange behouviour of your equipment. As it works do not change it because you have no idea what will happen to you.(It is expensive at €300 so you want it to work fantastic!) Furhter more you do not want to buy Asiatic equipment all the time because it is cheap and works fine, but support the western way of thinking.
Best regards Cees
KiskuB
Mar 30, 2021Aspirant
I am sorry guys I have returned the RBR20/Orbi mesh system to the supplier and reinstalled my R6400 router. Everything I have been struggling with Orbi been solved by this action. My WiFi has worsened and I need to look for a solution for this.
The Orbi is fine for the casual user who only wants very good WiFi and nothing more. For the advanced user it is useless.