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dsturdevant
Jan 13, 2017Guide
Orbi drops Internet Connection
I recently purchased and installed the Orbi RBR50 mesh wifi system with 2 sats and it works GREAT! Until it drops the internet connection repetedly. It does this about every 2 hours and comes back ...
juniormint88
Jan 13, 2017Tutor
Are you running the latest firmware?
- DarrenMJan 16, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello dsturdevant
Have you tried moving the satellites in the home to different locations to find the best connection. and as juniormint88 said make sure you are on the latest firmware.
DarrenM
- dsturdevantJan 18, 2017Guide
The latest firmare is installed and the sats have been tested in 4 different locations in a 1,700 sq. ft. two story home. The issue occured once more after the final sat replacement but hasn't happened since. It's been 2 days so.....
- Yld2robJan 18, 2017Luminary
Well, hate to do it, but i have to return Orbi back to Costco. Thank goodness that you can return anytime. I tried one more time last night to upgrade to the latest firmware and did a hard reset. Woke up this morning the router was down. Back to my working Asus AC 5300. Netgear: when you get this beta product working (stays online, works with nest cameras and you can enable ALL features such as MIMO and beamforming) I will be back. Tired of companies launching products before they are ready.
- NL_wifiJun 07, 2017Initiate
Hi Darren
Been on the system for 3 weeks. Worked fine the 1st week and then firmware 1.10 came along.
devices and sonos constantly dropped of the internet is the direct consequence :-(
Does the beta firmware fix this? and if so can i get it?
Cheers
Mat