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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...
Rolling back to 1.8.x.
1.9.x has proven to make my WIFI in my home useless for all devices. I cant use SlingTV, WIFI calling or much of anything that requires a stable connection.
Netgear. Per my previous post, please open the Orbi advance options to allow us to tweak and tune this product to match our needs. You do not know my home, nor my devices, nor my enviroment and any other factors which may prove incompatible with your configuration.
I need control.
Asking me to disable beamforming, MU-MIMO, reduce power levels, and other changes, effectively disables the prime feature set of this product and is not a solution.
BMW asking me to not use anti-roll stability, iDrive, adapative cruise control, other special BMW features, and to keep it under 50MPH, somewhat defeats the purpose of owning a BMW.
Rolling back to 1.8.0.6 myself.
When my wife (Mrs. dialup patience) notices a wireless problem it has to be bad.
Flash008. I think asking for things to be open might be a bit too much right now. How about they get things stable to start. Don't do anything else except fix wireless stability. Then maybe we can ask for the standard things that come in most home routers for the past 20 years. :(
Thank You Cafetom for the reply,
I used bad English. Sorry.
What I mean is "OPEN" = advanced options to control band and Orbi device steering. And other advanced options found on most mid-high tier consumer WIFI routers/APs.
I highly suspect device and band steering is the main problem for disconnects. Also allow the 2.4G and 5G BSSID to be separated, along with disabling auto-updates. Look at 1.9.x and the problems it is causing. How do most non-techy users stop Orbi from updating to a code level that clearly should be pulled from the update servers?
So yes, OPEN may be the wrong word.
I sound like a broken record now. Maybe if I repeat the same thing 100 times Netgear will listen. HA HA HA! Did you hear about the kid you wrote a letter to Stanford with only, "Black Lives Matter" 1000 times. He got accepted. Finally, we know the secret to get the attention of large organizations.
1.9.1.12 has been almost perfect for me and I re-enabled beam forming etc. only seen a single disconnect in three days.
I am happy for you. Truly!
You are further proof that a single configuration may work for some, but not all. But our “friends” at Netgear cannot get it through their thick heads that Orbi is too locked down.
Advanced settings and information need to be opened to the user, so I can find the configuration that works best for my home.
There comes a time when enough is enough. 2006 I decided that I would never purchase another linksys router after a catastrophic issue and months of going back and forth until they finally admitted an issue with their firmware.
2017 I decided to never purchase another Netgear product. Even though my nighthawk is a fairly good product, the tragedy and cost of this product reaches into the business class....and performs at the ghetto class. WTG Netgear. You lost this customer.