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Kaput5
Feb 03, 2018Star
Orbi and Ring products issues
I recently switched from one router + repeater to the Orbi system. No installation problem. When I first connected my Ring Doorbell and 2 Ring Spotlight cameras, no connection issues. One camera ...
inteller
Feb 18, 2019Apprentice
good lord what a horrible and glaring problem. once again, Netgear making its users the beta testers. I was having this problem but my Ring Pro is wired into my doorbell transformer. I think it has nothing to do with battery vs wired.
rmadilao
Feb 18, 2019Guide
Its how the power management is done for the battery based Ring devices versus hardwired. Most likely puts the device to sleep too much and certain keep alive signal isnt often enough to maintain connectivity with the Orbi. Wired devices dont have this problem. Most of the time its how each company interprets the networking stack specs. Thats why major device vendors have interop testing events.
- intellerFeb 18, 2019Apprentice
well mine is wired and it does the same thing as battery ones (black screen on live view)