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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...
On a side note, my router is in my basement (where my office is) and the satellite is on the second floor of the home. I wish I could place them even farther apart but my kids radio monitors cause a lot of interference so I can't separate them more.
I've found that the farther apart they are, the better the device seems to function and the theoretical distance they advertise is not far enough apart for the orbi to function correctly which is odd.
Anyhoo, I'm not sure why these devices function the way they do as I'm no where near as technical as many of you but as a person that likes to tinker with tech, I've found a good compromise to make the system usable with little to no troubleshooting required to keep the network up for the whole family.
I've found that the farther apart they are, the better the device seems to function and the theoretical distance they advertise is not far enough apart for the orbi to function correctly which is odd.
Anyhoo, I'm not sure why these devices function the way they do as I'm no where near as technical as many of you but as a person that likes to tinker with tech, I've found a good compromise to make the system usable with little to no troubleshooting required to keep the network up for the whole family.
Thanks guys for listening to my rants. Long and tough day. Time for a drink, and time to visit the family and stop stressing over Orbi.
Malik2k1, to answer your question. I run in AP mode. I have a Sophos Firewall which gives me REAL SECURITY.
I will give it the month of June, and then I am DONE!
For those of you whom Orbi works for. ENJOY. I guess I pulled the short straw.
One final note. I am confident the problem is Orbi Steering. But they will not give the option to disable it.
But maybe I wrong.
Maybe this is similar the Arris cable modem chipset problem.
For over 1 year Arris denied there was a high latency problem with their product. Imagine all the consumers yelling at their ISPs and spending countless hours troubleshooting.
But, a very talented RF semiconductor engineer began posting results with his test on dslreports website. Suddenly 100s of people began to realize they were not alone. And shortly after Arris jumped in and had this guy help them fix it.
Turns out, Arris knew it all along. It was a known issue with the Intel chip used.
Intel and Arris new about this MONTHS before, but didn’t want to acknowledge it.
I guess I should be happy Netgear at least admits it.
Flash008 wrote:
One final note. I am confident the problem is Orbi Steering. But they will not give the option to disable it.
Flash, if the issue is band steering ( in my limited knowledge ) wouldn't a simple test would be to turn off one side AND/OR lowering one output level so the two bands are equalized in area penetration ?
I do know NG is working on the problems, I myself had IOS dropout ( older unit with os 9.3.5 ) and Andriod phone battery draining issues ( S7 with os 7 )
The latest version of the debug FW ( 1.11.0.2 ) has fixed my issues without any other changes... when this gets approved it will prob be realeased and should make Orbi better
I am in router mode as well. In bypass mode through att fiber/uverse router.
The 3 nodes are 35-40ft apart. Main unit is in the basement middle of the house. The other 2 units are at opposite directions on the main level of the house.
1 - rbr50 and 2 rbs50
Good luck. To be honest If I were you I would have thrown in the towel a long time ago and just bought something else.
