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mylumnad
Initiate
Jun 30, 2017

Orbi WiFi System - Had Enough

I bougt the Orbi system back in Jan, I also got 2 sats. I have had nothing but daily disconnects where I had to reboot router to get it to work. I stayed the course and waited through firmware update...
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Retired_Member's avatar
Retired_Member
Jun 30, 2017

Having used ASUS for a long time (5+ years) for networking, I'd say you're in store for a lot of the same issues.  The whole reason I'm on Orbi is because of instability of the Asus AC88u, AC87u, AC68u, AC66u's.

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jleecloak1
Apprentice
Jul 01, 2017

I owned every one of the ASUS you listed below and I still own the AC87U. I don't haven't had any problems with ASUS routers. I love the UI. What kind of problems did you have with ASUS?

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    Retired_Member
    Jul 01, 2017

    All had massvie inability to deal with lots of devices.  I have over 90 devices, 50 of which are connected 24/7/365.  The Asus' had terrible NAT loopback problems, dropped connections of 5ghz devices, etc, and none could adequately cover my 5000 sq ft home.

     

    Used merlin's firmware for a long time too, to no avail.  Terrible devices.

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      jleecloak1
      Apprentice
      Jul 01, 2017

      I have over 25 devices connected daily but you have 90+. How is that possible?

       

      I agree the 5ghz signal doesn't cover a wide range but that can be improved with adding another ASUS router as an access point.  If you can find a router that can handle 90+ devices without bringing the network down to a crawl let me know. That will be a heck of a device. Since most devices are not compatible with 5ghz signals I have to believe most of your wireless devices are connected via the 2.4ghz signal. This will present a problem because of so many devices competing for the 2.4gz bandwidth. 

       

      I haven't experienced the dropped connections with ASUS at the level that you have. If I dropped it was rare. I think you could benefit from having multiple access points using different SSID's. 

       

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        Retired_Member
        Jul 01, 2017

        The vast majority of devices are in fact 2.4ghz.

         

        I used a combination of those devices with wired backhaul over the past 5 years.  The stability of the Asus' were just garbage.

         

         

        Multiple SSID's are a flaky way of managing devices, especially when so few correctly manage handoffs when signals are low.


        Now that the beta firmware corrected the GUI issue I was having on the Orbi, my network appears to be back working smoothly for all of those devices.