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.

Anyone else having a few issues?I have a wired device on my satellite that does not show up on attached devices, but it is getting to the internet.Access Control I have 3 devices that are showing blocked and I can not get them to be allowed. I choose to allow them and they still come back as blocked.

The release notes for the new FWRelease Notes:[New Features] Support Guest WiFi network.[New Features] Support WiFi signal broadcast scheduling.[Enhancements] Add-on Orbi satellite installation flow in GUI.[Enhancements] Wireless region support for Japan.[Enhancements] Internet speed test via Ookla SpeedTest.[Enhancements] Improves band steering.[Bug Fixed] Fixes connectivity issue with Xbox and iOS devices.[Bug Fixed] Fixes some security issues.[Bug Fixed] Fixes Orbi online firmware upgrade issue.[Bug Fixed] Fixes Orbi satellite's manual firmware update issue.[Bug Fixed] Fixes GUI display issues in Attached Devices and Access Control pages.

Looks like they have enabled Guest network access.An "add orbi satellite"option Not seeing much else that I can tell.

Yep just upgraded, guest network access is now available that is the first thing that stands out along with adding another Orbi satellite to the system. Under advanced wireless settings, I don't recall the wireless stuff and resetting the backhaul password to be there before was it?

i assume you guys got this via auto update ? as its not on the web site as yet

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XBond
Apprentice
Dec 04, 2016
I never disabled those options and I just confirmed that both options are enabled.
- peteytesting
  Hero
  Dec 04, 2016
  XBond wrote:
  I never disabled those options and I just confirmed that both options are enabled.
  
  they are disabled by default on new firmware , so you ether havnt updated the firmware or at some point you have enabled those options
  
  i also recommend setting the 2.4 gig ch to something other that auto , ether ch 1 , 6 or 11
  
  they have also played around with various tweaks in the transmission in this latest fw revision so the balance may be different and thus why you are now connecting to the router instead of the sat
XBond
Apprentice
Dec 04, 2016
Not sure what to tell you, but I do have the latest firmware, I never enabled those options myself, and they are enabled. 😄 For real...

But the most important thing is that although I am connected to the satellite now, I am getting the speed I expect (i.e. connected to the 5GHz band).

Just curious, why change the 2.4 channel?
- spiffy
  Aspirant
  Dec 23, 2016
  This link from Wikipedia explains it pretty well. You can pretty much get it just from the diagram, but the text adds some detail.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#2.4.C2.A0GHz_.28802.11b.2Fg.2Fn.29
  
  To add to that, my understanding is that in a *very* crowded environment (where you live in an apartment and you might see 20 other people using each of those channels) it can still make sense to choose something different, but in a typical environment (where you might see 1 or two other people using the same channel as you) it's still best to pick one of those.
  
  FYI there's a great app for Android (no idea if it exists for iOS or not) called "Wifi Analyzer" which will graphically show you what SSIDs are visible on what channels at your location, and their relative strengths.

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