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Orbi firmware v2.1.1.16 discussion
do we need to do nvram wipe for this 2.1.1.16 Firmware just released today? noticed it downloaded automatically.
I echo this question, as I had s separate thread open regarding this vey topic. If the 1733 Mbps band isn’t open to clients, which I believe someone said that it is not, are there plans to do so in the near future?
While the backhaul band cannot be used by clients directly it is used by clients to route all the Wireless and wired traffic thereby not taking any of client bands for back end use in normal orbi setup.
If you wire your orbi entirely and don't have a need for wireless satellites maybe you chose the wrong device for your needs.
Mixing in and allowing clients to use the backhaul bands for client use may seem more efficient but it goes against what this device was designed to do well, and can serve no purpose except to make the firmware even less stable and drain programming resources on that. Maybe netgear can look to doing that in firmware version 17.0.0.1 - just saying this would be a dumb thing for them to work on right now.
aaz wrote:While the backhaul band cannot be used by clients directly it is used by clients to route all the Wireless and wired traffic thereby not taking any of client bands for back end use in normal orbi setup.
If you wire your orbi entirely and don't have a need for wireless satellites maybe you chose the wrong device for your needs.
Mixing in and allowing clients to use the backhaul bands for client use may seem more efficient but it goes against what this device was designed to do well, and can serve no purpose except to make the firmware even less stable and drain programming resources on that. Maybe netgear can look to doing that in firmware version 17.0.0.1 - just saying this would be a dumb thing for them to work on right now.
Yes, I may have overspent since I have Ethernet run between the router and both access points on the first floor. Perhaps my impulse buy was not appropriate for my 2 story 2400 sq ft home. I wanted something that was better than my old set up of a router and single AP at opposite sides of the first floor. That did not work well with roaming clients, and upstairs had weaker coverage than I would have liked.
i didn’t run the 2nd downstairs ethernet cable (to the center of the downstairs) until I bought the Orbi. Perhaps all I needed was that center AP that was lacking before. But rather than have a mashup of different HW, I thought 3 APs from the same mfg would be preferable. I could still use my old AC router and just 3 APs. But would that save me much money? I strongly considered the UniFi UAP-AC-LITES, but perhaps mistakenly thought that a mesh system would outperform them. Was I wrong in that assumption?
I thought the same too, but after reading the data on performance, even as an AP, these outperform the UAP-AC-Pro Ubiquiti access points. APs were my original solution, but from all the data I've seen from SNB, the Orbi and even Velop function as better APs. The UAP-AC-HD outperforms them all, but at over $300 apiece. I agree that there are bigger fish to fry for many folks here, but everyone's needs are different.
amrobx wrote:I thought the same too, but after reading the data on performance, even as an AP, these outperform the UAP-AC-Pro Ubiquiti access points. APs were my original solution, but from all the data I've seen from SNB, the Orbi and even Velop function as better APs. The UAP-AC-HD outperforms them all, but at over $300 apiece. I agree that there are bigger fish to fry for many folks here, but everyone's needs are different.
That’s a very good point. I guess I circumvented half the functionality of the Orbi system by hardwiring the satellites. So I’m feeling like I paid a lot for something I’m only half using. OTOH, I’ve got great signal strength thought the house and of course, hardwiring was my own decision anyway.
In addition, I haven’t seen the need to split the bands into separate networks either to separate my 5 GHz devices from the 2.4 GHz devices. I’m admittedly a little skittish with all the reported issues, but so far, I really can’t complain except for some misreported data which is a small nit in the scheme of things.