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WiFi Slow after 2-3 days until reboot?
I'm really at my wits end fighting with this Orbi System. I've read all the relevant forum posts I could find and am still struggling. I have 200 Mb/s service from Xfinity. Orbi RBR50 is connecte...
Shot in the dark here - but do any of you experiencing issues have any devices from Shenzhen RF Technology Co., Ltd showing up on your network? I switched my Orbi system out for an Asus system and it has been rock solid...until I added my weather station to the network. The weather station connects as Shenzhen RF Technology Co., Ltd. Again, I know it is a shot in the dark, but thought I would mention it. I am going to keep it on my network for a while and see what happens.
cdnSpinalTap wrote:Shot in the dark here - but do any of you experiencing issues have any devices from Shenzhen RF Technology Co., Ltd showing up on your network?
No such device on mine.
I just got yet another Orbi RBK50V and it worked well for the first 5 days. Alas, this morning, slowdown occurred. I had installed 2.5.1.16 and reset the system before adding any devices. I had also removed some devices from the system (my brother moved out so fewer strain and devices). All of that didn't prevent a slowdown.
At this point, it's clear these devices are faulty. Time to finally call it quits. Tried the best I can.
Any recommendations for another mesh system?
Thanks
Hello,
It sounds like you are at the same place I was - very frustrating indeed.
I went with an ASUS ZenWifi AX (XT8). It got pretty good reviews overall, and it has performed well for me. I do like the interface a lot better than the Orbi interface. There is a lot more information presented and it is very configurable.
I've had it for about 2 weeks now and it has been pretty solid. I did have one instance where my network came to a halt and it was shortly after I added a couple of new devices. At the time I rebooted and the system has been solid again for about 7 days so far. Regardless of the 1 incident I had, I am much happier with the performance and stability of this system. Even the incident I had was different than the Orbi - the network just halted and did not progressively slow down. Both irritating, but I would rather have a complete outage and deal with it rather than not noticing my network is degrading until I get dropped out of a Teams meeting or something.
FYI i try the three last Voxel Firmware, and after 10 days, exatly the same issue: stick at 50Mb/s. After reboot, 450Mb/s.
I was never able to address the annoying drop to low speeds on my setup. My next WiFi system will definitely not be an Orbi.
- Guys who did try Voxel firmware did it work for you? I too had upsetting performance by this multi-hundred device but after installing Voxel(satellites first then the router) I was saved and performance is superb.
Those who opted for a different manufacturer, which did you choose and how is the performance. Netgear hardware -is -faulty, i learned this after i purchased an expensive repeater that bricked after few uses(got replacement though).
Cant go with positive reviews of Asus ZenWifi because the Orbi too had thousands of positive reviews