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Orbi Firmware 1.4.0.16
Looks like new Firmware just released today 1.4.0.16 anyone taken this yet? I will as soon as I get some time today hopefully it address frequent random wireless drops.
check what band you are connected to , also re enable beamforming in the advanced wireless section
Pete, I too have noticed a general sluggishness when new page requests are sent. My speeds are the same, but the responsiveness of page loading has slowed dramatically. With the previous versions, pages snapped onto the screen, now they simply load.
I just got updated to 1.4.0.16 today (Dec 3rd) and have had absolutely no issues. As a matter of fact, my speeds increased on my PC and laptop. My iPhone seems be the same or slightly faster. I didn't change any settings after the upgrade but left as is.
The only setting I ever changed was disabling the '20/40 MHz Coexistance' which seems to provide better speeds when connected to the 2.4GHz band.
I have found that the key to optimal performance is the placement of the router and satellite. I placed the satellite as far away from the router as I could which seems to give the best result. I found that the closer together they were, the more "confused" devices would get in terms which unit to connect to and often would connect to the "wrong" unit (in terms of which was actually closer), which in turn meant that the device connected via the 2.4GHz band rather than the 5 GHz band resulting in slower speeds.
If you are seeing slower speeds you might want to play around with the position of the satelite, check which unit your device is connected to as opposed to "should be" connected.
The latter used to be easy via an 'Advanced' setting but Netgear removed that in the previous fw upgrade which is such a bummer as it makes debugging connection/speed issues harder.
I believe peteytesting has posted a way to check in another thread.
By connecting to the Satellite's status page, you can see which devices are connected to it:
1. Connect to www.orbilogin.com
2. Find the address of the satellite (e.g. 192.168.1.2)
3. Connect to http://192.168.1.2/status.htm
4. Enter admin name and password
5. Look at the Connected Devices.
Thank you XBond.....my speed issues have not resurfaced since that first day, so I'm not sweating that...THANK YOU LARGE for the tip from petey on how to see what devices are actually connected to which satellite...that has been something that I wanted to be able to do.