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Update V1.9.1.12 Netgear officially announcing 'Improvement in wireless connection Stability'
Just downloaded the latest release V1.9.1.12 and noticed in the official release notes from Netgear it states as fix 'Continious Improvement in wireless connection stability'..Dosent spefically makre...
I tried "Enable Implicit Beamforming" on this firmware. For about 3hrs everything was working great!!! I was ecstatic! Then my Nest cameras started dropping connections left and right... I had to turn off Beamforming to fix this issue yet again. I haven't noticed any improvements over v1.8 except Beamforming lasted longer.
What angers me most is that whenever a user reports Wifi disconnect issues, the moderator advises to turn off implicit beamforming, mu mimo and turn down the 2.4GHz band transmit power. These suggestions are presented as solution instead of clearly communicating that these suggestions are only a way to lower the risk of disconnects and that the root cause is a known band steering bug they are working on...
This behavior lets me doubt they are working on a fix...
Last night I power’ed off the Orbi units.
Reconfigured my ASUS 3200. Insured all devices were connected via WIFI.
Used a network monitor tool to scan and ping my entire network non-stop. All Night, All Day Today….
Not a single WIFI disconnect in 14+ Hours.
Yes, some devices are now slower due to my larger home and a single ASUS 3200. But STABLE!!!
If my ASUS 3200 can handle things for more than 24 hours, then that will be all the proof I need that Orbi is junk.
Well sold, well marketed….JUNK.
ASUS 3200 supports AC, beamforming, SU-MIMO…3-Stream (not two like Orbi). Used Ethernet 1Gbps backhaul, but I gave my second 3200 to a family member).
Did I say my ASUS 3200 is STABLE!
I got played by Netgear! First Netgear product I purchased in YEARS!
Will not happen again. And I will insure not a single friend, nor family member, or coworker who ask my opinion will EVER buy Netgear.
ASUS might look ugly….But it works!