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Wow!!! Orbi Firmware V2.0.0.72 Released
Just logged into my router and it gave me the option to upgrade the firmware.
Have now Upgraded to V2.0.0.72
Haven’t had too much time to explore but early indications are WOW !!!
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This firmware finally fixes all the outstanding issues I've seen, both iOS dropouts as well as a Macbook Pro disconnect. It also is significantly faster (get another 100Mbps out so 500+ now) and latency went down from around 5 to 3.5ms in my test. Overall a great upgrade.
Daisy-chaining and transmitt power control are the icing on the cake.
There is now only one single thing I would like to see, and that is ethernet backhaul - after that, the Orbi is full-featured and seems to perform just great. Running for a few more weeks and it will end up being recommended to friends and family (which I reserve for well working great products).
bum - I decided to go into the office today instead of working at home ! Now I miss all the excitement !
Interesting to use the phrase daisy-chain instead of mesh. Does that mean this evolves to an extended start-type configuration instead of a true mesh ? Not sure it makes much difference to me either way, just curious.
Was using a wired machine and just lost connection. I knew it was a FW update!
So daisy chain is enabled now? That's cool. Does it require a manual setup or qill router and satelites detect and auto configure the best configuration?
And it's ok to enabled all 3 now:
Enable Implicit BEAMFORMING - Boosts WiFi speed, reliability, & range for all mobile devices
Enable MU-MIMO
Enable Fast Roamingto me, enable implicit beamformer making internet speed slower
This update is great but something I love to have
1. Realtime network moniter/meter by device
2. Enable/disable 2.4 band
3. QOS
