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netmaster2020
Oct 02, 2017Follower
Orbi randomly dropping internet connection despite V2.0.0.74 update
Hi all, I recently purchased an RBK50 Orbi + satellite router but it is dropping internet connection randomly despite updating firmware to the latest V2.0.0.74. This is more often the case upon...
acalamari
Jan 16, 2018Aspirant
Simply amazing.
So it appears that Netgear (and Google) knew about this and thought it best not to let their customers know about it?
We have all spent MANY hours trying to fix our networks, returning equipment, and replacing equipment when all we would have had to do is temporarily unplug our cast and home devices? Of course unplugging cast devices wouldn't be a soultion for people that rely on them but for me it would have been a simple temp fix.
Replacing my Orbi system with Google Wifi fixed the problem for me so either Google Wifi was able to deal with this poor behavior all along or they released a recent fix to deal with it.
How does this relate to the Samsung phone/Orbi issue? Does Samsung have a seperate problem?
- DVMJan 16, 2018Tutor
Yet another article: http://www.chron.com/techburger/article/Google-s-Home-Chromecast-products-causing-Wi-Fi-12499985.php