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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 had to downgrade from the latest beta for the same reason. It was a disaster. Normally it's just the backhaul that drops but on the beta, the actual 2.4 and 5Ghz signals were dropping and disconnecting every device.
In the same boat. Installed latest beta this morning (after a 5 days vacation). Noticed 2.4G and 5G dropping every 30 seconds with my WIFI Explorer app. Most clients seem to be holding on, which may be due to buffers if the drops are less than 1-2 seconds. But my iPhones drops every 10-15, switches to LTE, then back to WIF, then back to WIFI-Calling, then drops again…Repeat.
This is a joke!
Things are going backward, not forward.
And, to make matters worse! I have an alarm system that uses cellular and WIFI. I never checked the panel. It’s been dropped from my WIFI for 8 weeks. Connected back to Orbi, came back 60 minutes later, DROPPED! The panel doesn’t try to re-connect, it switches to its cellular radio per design. Changed the Panel back to my ASUS RT3200 (which handles my IP Cameras). 5 Hours SOLID! No drops.
So that is three wireless solutions Netgear.
- IP Cameras – They can’t work with Orbi. They drop every 30-60 seconds. Makes them somewhat useless. But they work perfectly on my ASUS RT3200.
- My Alarm System which uses WIFI as preferred, cellular as backup. Thank GOD for the Cellular. Alarm Panel doesn’t like your Orbi, but likes the ASUS with no problems.
- Wireless user clients (iPhones, iPads, Macbooks, Smart TVs, etc). The only device I have that doesn’t seem to drop is the Macbook Pro 2016. All other clients just cannot hang on.
Using your latest firmware.