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Orbi satellite dropping connection
Right to the point: my Orbi system has 2 satellites and 1 main tower. The internet drops/slows down (to the point where internet browsing is not possible) 2-3 times per day randomly without warning o...
So I'm using the Velop for my main system now but I saw there was new firmware out for Orbi but I didn't want to try it as I wanted to see if my Orbi as a standalone router - 1 satellite system still rebooted. Well after one day it hasn't rebooted at all so added the new software won't prove anything I would have to re-insert it as my main system since it does seem to be triggered by something there - just don't know what. Not sure if I'm willing to troubleshoot it but I feel I can sell it with clear conscious if it's just on my system that issue is occuring and someone with a different setup wouldn't see it.
Has anyone seen this
verified... turned off wifi on my phone(Oreo 8.1) last night, haven't had any issues with Orbi... Netgear still has to come up with a fix for their end because no way should a client be able to disrupt and REBOOT a router!
In the Pixel forum, people have been reporting similar problems with reboots and/or dropped connections on D-Link, TP-Link, Google WiFi, FiOS, Openmesh, and ASUS routers as well (and possibly more that I'm forgetting here). The longer the thread goes on, the more people come out of the woodwork with other brands/models of WiFi devices that are suffering similar problems.
So far, there doesn't sem to be an obvious common denominator. For a while, I was thinking it was devices that shared a particular chipset, but that's definitely not the case as the affected hardware seems to use a wide array of chips.