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Orbi Experience - (RBK50) AC3000
Just wanted to share my experience with the Orbi. I originally purchased it because we have several wireless security cameras around the house -also outside so I was hoping for stronger/more stable ...
Miketr,
I was having the same experience after upgradeing to 1.12 firmware. But i found that once i did a factory reset and repaired the satelite afterwards all of my drop issues have been resolved on my S8+. Others have posted that this seems to sort out some of the issues.
2 more cents
are you saying you have stable s8 connectivity now when both satelites have comparable signal or it needs to roam? Many of us did full reset and re-paired the satellites only to confirm that S8 issue persists
Here is my current setup
- Firewall Router (Untangle u25) ip XXX.XXX.X.1
- 16 port switch
- Orbi RBK50+RBS50 in AP Mode (IP XXX.XXX.X.2 & XXX.XXX.X.3)
After the 1.12.0.18 update (straight from the FW it shipped with) i was getting intermitet drops on my S8+. I then proceeded to do a hard reset which defaulted ip back to standard but maintained the 1.12.0.18 FW. I then reconfigured and havent had any issues since. I have no issues roaming around my home without dropping the connection. As a matter of fact i am going to pick up another sat for one dead spot out towards my garage.
Oh just to add
- I have generated my own Backhaul Password
- I have set my 2.4 and 5 Ghz channels to available unsaturated channels in my nieghborhood (detected using WiFi Analyzier)
- Enable Impicit Beamforming set to OFF
- Enable MU-MIMO set to ON