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Ryan4332
Dec 18, 2021Aspirant
Orbi RBK852 4.6.3.16 broken (Solved)
This topic is only for the Netgear Orbi RBK852 / RBK853 / RBK854 / RBR850 Introduction: I bought my Netgear Orbi RBK852 last year. It's work fine and I am happy with that until they release 4.6...
- Dec 18, 2021Especially with Netgear, always do a "Pin Hole Reset" after a "New Version Update" and input the operational information by hand. NEVER use a Backup File. Especially across different versions.
FURRYe38
Dec 19, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Did you factory reset the RBR using the ERASE function on the web page and setup from scratch?
Rads wrote:
That isn't my experience with V4.6.6.11_2.1.4T1, System is still tragically unreliable. With this firmware my router appearsto be doing a soft reset several times a day and WiFi still drops several times daily.
Glad (envious) that it seems to be working for you.
ChrisBoer
Dec 19, 2021Guide
Got wifi disconnects last night and this morning... so again an issue will try the other firmware in this post.
- ChrisBoerDec 22, 2021Guide
Good news the drops where not due to Orbi but the computer Wifi adapter I now have found out.
I have done a very simple test setup a ping -t hostname-ip to see when a drop occured and if it was with all devices or not. So when a drop occured it was only on the PC, other devices where still pingable.
So anyone interested in firmware please let me know.
- tjtrimbleDec 22, 2021Luminary
ChrisBoer wrote:Good news the drops where not due to Orbi but the computer Wifi adapter I now have found out.
Just out of curiousity, what Wifi adpapter do you have? I have noticed my drops on two seperate HP laptops both have an Intel AX201 wifi card. I haven't noticed any drops on my iphones.
- ChrisBoerDec 27, 2021Guide
ASUS 2,4Ghz/5Ghz PCI card, I have updated the drivers no issues since.
So no more wifi drops also I have not reset my RB850 either.
So updated both the sattelites and the router.