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Endorphine71
Sep 26, 2016Apprentice
Ring Door Bell
Just setup my Orbi system and didn't haven any trouble with over 15 different devices, except my Ring Door Bell. No matter what I do it won't connect to the Internet. It connects to Wifi and get...
- Jul 08, 2017Solution: Hi I have just spent the day troubleshooting Ring and Orbi and have found out the following.
If your Orbi is set to a 2.4ghz wireless channel over 11 the Ring doorbell will not see your wifi. As the wireless channel is auto selected this would explain why some users have no problem and other users cannot connect.
Disabling/enable mu-mimo and beamform will sometimes cause a channel change hence why it helps some users. But it is nothing to do with the problem and can be left on or off.
So if you want your Ring doorbell to work select a wireless channel below 11 in your Orbi wifi conf.
peridoc
Nov 13, 2016Tutor
I too am having this issue. Would love to figure out how to fix the issue. My particular issue is that I can connect just fine the initial time I setup, but connections after that don't seem to happen. I have tried adjusting some of the settings here with little effect.
DarrenM
Nov 15, 2016Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello peridoc
Make sure you are on the latest firmware and also you want to make sure beam forming is disabled. You can find the setting in Advanced-Advanced setup-wireless Settings then uncheck Enable Implicit Beamforming and Enable Mu-Mimo.
DarrenM
- peridocNov 17, 2016Tutor
Adjusting these settings has helped, but there are still times where the unit is not connecting properly. I do appreciate the comments and look forward to when the Orbi works all the time with the Ring. I am not sure why it is intermittent, but it seems to be after a while of no activity from the Ring that this happens.