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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 ...
FURRYe38 wrote:What is the distance between the Satellite and Router? Mines 40ft est.
Manual channel 48.
What channels are you using?
Maybe 25' at the most. I'm using Manual Channel 48 and 11 for 2.4, had 2.4 set to auto, but tried this to see if it would make a difference. I just turned my satellite back on. We'll see how long it lasts this time.
25 feet seems to be a bit close. Normal stand alone routers can handle this kind of range by themselves. You might see if you can place the Satellite at a farther distance. Also might test just the router alone.
Also try disabling MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming.
FURRYe38wrote:25 feet seems to be a bit close. Normal stand alone routers can handle this kind of range by themselves. You might see if you can place the Satellite at a farther distance. Also might test just the router alone.
Also try disabling MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming.
MIMO and Fast Roaming were already off. I turned off Daisy Chain. It might be a bit farther than 25 feet. Nonetheless, when I have my satellite off, I get a lot of 2.4G connections. With it on everything above the basement gets on 5G. I also reset the backhaul password.
I see they are releasing 2.1.3.4. I thought this was beta? Did they not change anything from the beta software, and just release it? If that's the case, the beta software is the real software as there are no revision changes based on the numbering.
- "I see they are releasing 2.1.3.4. I thought this was beta? Did they not change anything from the beta software, and just release it? If that's the case, the beta software is the real software as there are no revision changes based on the numbering."
Yes, that really disappointed me. No issues at ALL to fix in this Beta. Problem solved. All is good. Ya I don't think they changed any thing in the beta v2.1.3.4. They wanted to give some users the chance to work with it and it's seems to have better experiences. So I presume they just officially made it official version is all.
CyberExorcistwrote:
FURRYe38wrote:25 feet seems to be a bit close. Normal stand alone routers can handle this kind of range by themselves. You might see if you can place the Satellite at a farther distance. Also might test just the router alone.
Also try disabling MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming.
MIMO and Fast Roaming were already off. I turned off Daisy Chain. It might be a bit farther than 25 feet. Nonetheless, when I have my satellite off, I get a lot of 2.4G connections. With it on everything above the basement gets on 5G. I also reset the backhaul password.
I see they are releasing 2.1.3.4. I thought this was beta? Did they not change anything from the beta software, and just release it? If that's the case, the beta software is the real software as there are no revision changes based on the numbering.