Forum Discussion

Aspirant

Nov 08, 2018

Solved

Netgear Orbi vs. IOgear Wireless HDMI

Hi there was a previous post on this topic that was never solved. Pasted here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Netgear-Orbi-vs-IOgear-Wireless-HDMI/m-p/1218200 I am having the exact is...

Troubleshooting

Blanca_O
Nov 18, 2018
Hi gibrahim

Per engineering team, the issue has something to do with interoperability. The IO Gear HDMI TX/RX does not follow 802.11 protocol that makes the Orbi interfere with it.

Regards,
Blanca
Community Team

st_shaw

Master

Nov 08, 2018

Probably not. Move the Orbi out of the closet and as faf away from the HDMI transmitter as possible.

gibrahim

Aspirant

Nov 09, 2018

Thanks but unfortunately I can’t as my Orbi has to connect to my cable router (Verizon Fios ONT) and that’s also in the closet. I am trying to keep all the equipment in my closet including my cable box and IO Gear transmitter.

How is it that an older technology like Airport Exteme worked fine but Orbi is giving me issues?

Netgear has no fix to this? It’s unfortunate as I would have to return the Orbi and satellite as watching TV cleanly is important to me.