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Pat75
May 05, 2020Aspirant
RBR20 Lockup once a day
Hello fellow Orbi-users, I bought a RBK23 about 1,5 weeks ago after installing the Orbi Router (RBR20) and 2 satellites (RBS20) I've experienced lockups of the router at least once every day. Wif...
Pat75
May 06, 2020Aspirant
If and when it lockups i'll try to find out. But since the two laptops that I have don't have a wired connection I need to find a workaround for that. As somebody working in IT I think i'm having to put way too much work effort in this product to just get it to work already. And a product totally locking up if you put a satellite too near, come on then you just haven't thought about it being a consumer product. Factory Reset was done some 12 hours ago so we'll see If we get though the 24 hours mark. I've had my ISP (Ziggo) bridge my Arris cablemodem and the Orbi is in Router mode from the beginning. Maybe I need to go back to normal cablemodem settings with AP mode for the Orbi, but thats not why I bought it. Giving it a few more days but then I'll give in to my frustration and just return it and search for a wifi mesh solution that does work out-of-the-box and it won't be a Netgear. I do think it's peculiar that you don't find any negative reviews online but you do find lots and lots of people with the same issue on the forums.
CrimpOn
May 06, 2020Guru - Experienced User
I certainly hope this "takes". I have been tempted to look at other products, but when I browse their user forums, I see the same sorts of frustrations. If my Orbi were behaving the way some people's are, it would have been "gone" a long time ago. My old R7000 didn't cover the entire house, but it never "failed". (and, I still have it "in reserve" should disaster strike.)