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Orbi Internet Issues...
Bought and installed new Orbi system yesterday. Everything worked great, with the exception I was getting roughly 1/2 the speed I was with my Xfinity gateway. Fast forward to today, I’ve had to restar...
When you say you have the latest firmware are you trusting the Orbi to tell you you're up to date ? because it lies. The latest firmware that I'm aware of is : 2.1.2.18. My Orbi was on an older firmware and the "check for update" feature was telling me I was up to date. I had to manually update to 2.2.18 and all of my issues went away.
2.1.2.18 is hot garbage. Constant disconnects, vanishing internet. Exactly what the original poster described. I've had much better luck with 2.0.1.4.
Netgear has a support article about installing it:
https://kb.netgear.com/000054791/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-0-1-4
Well that's interesting. I had disconnects, etc. using 2.0.1.4. When I upgraded my FW to 2.2.18 everything settled down. I am hardwired to a Satalite Orbi which I don't think was supported in 2.0.14 and I think the FW update solved that issue. I've been running fine for a week now with 2.2.18. Just my experience.