Orbi RBR50 + Satelite

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mkrol wrote:
I've had the router and satellite for 1 week. The concept is great, the actual result is extremely poor.

My signal drops are constant every 20min on all of my devices. My family hates me for switching from linksys router to Orbi and to be frank, I'm upset with myself too.

I've tried updating latest firmware, running only rbr50 with satellite off, restoring to factory settings, changing wifi channels for 2.4 and 5ghz, changing support recommend options, turning the router into a bridge (what's the point of doing that) non of it works.

Speed test results widely vary, on 75mb Comcast my old router has 95% download at 70-95Mb. However, orbi results are crazy, with 0.2-30mb occasionally reaching 80mb after I restart the unit.

I don't have the receipt so I'm at loss of $350. I'm most likely going to try to sell it on craigslist or eBay, or put this thing away.

However, I'll never buy netgear products nor recommend. Moreover, my intent is to have my friends and family be aware of this brand!

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I've had a similar issue with signal drops with UPnP on, but when I turned that setting off the Orbi has been rock solid now for 3+ weeks with some highly sensitive applicaitons running across wireless, so I am sure I would notice.

Also have you worked with Netgear support to try to resolve the issue and what have they suggested?

You say latest firmware - what firmware is that? I am running 2.0...