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Orbi MR 2.1 Update 3/23/18
Our teams are still working through the issues, but I wanted to provide a quick update on OrbiOS 2.1. We usually wait to release our software until it's available across all Orbi product lines, but ...
The reason I am saying you might want to try third satellite is because on phones the 5ghz signal is small terms sucks. You might be testing with devices that have more power where Iphone is failing to make up the difference. I honestly don’t have this issue and I have 3 iPhones and 2 iPads. My WiFi only drops when the router is shut off or not broadcasting. Other than that I haven’t had these issues since I added the 3rd satellite. I was fine with two but the way my house is it has to go through many walls to hit my back yard. Now I have coverage front yard and back yard and all over the house.
Update on the Rainmachine...I added it to a static IP and rebooted the router (remotely)..it is now assigned the static IP and I can only again connect via the Rainmachine app. We will see if the issue crops up in a day or two like it did before with a static IP.
Hopefully Netgear is reading this so they can fix these beta firmware issues. Other than that one device it seems to be working well for me.