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Device Naming on Orbi WiFi 6 vs Orbi WiFi 5 & in General
Just got the Orbi WiFi 6 RBK853 kit. Issue with devices is present as it was with older RBK53 kit. On the RBK53 kit, it was firmware fixed but surprisingly the newer Orbi 6 has the same issue. Lis...
There is a relationship between the iOS app and the Web GUI as devices updated on one get recognized by the other and vice versa. But, this process is completely broken beginning with the fact that Device Types don't match between the two. Again, the Web GUI has a ton more Device Type choices vs the iOS app. This was fixed in Orbi WiFi 5 when they released the most current firmware. The choices in Orbi WiFi 5 are vast in comparison to the choices in Orbi WiFi 6 for Device Type. To my recollection, I've not updated the Orbi iOS app to see this change.
Why would Netgear release Orbi WiFi 6 with minimal Device Type selections?
All I can say is we dont speak on behalf of Netgear. We are just a bunch of folks trying to help each other based upon our experiences. Rhetorical questions like this should be sent to Netgear, not the user community.