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youngek
May 24, 2024Aspirant
New Setup upgraded firmware RBE970 / RBE971 Firmware Version 9.11.1.1no longer have wifi6
Hello, I setup my orbi WIFI7 network yesterday. Upgraded to the latest firmware. I noticed that I no longer have wifi6 ghz. I see in the wireless setting 2.4 and 5ghz but 6 is missing. I have un...
youngek
Jun 09, 2024Aspirant
Yes, I have the newest firmware and I do have some devices on WiFi 6 my main issue is slow speeds does not matter if I’m wired or wireless. The NG engineers have it now.
raven_au
Jun 09, 2024Virtuoso
youngek wrote:
Yes, I have the newest firmware and I do have some devices on WiFi 6 my main issue is slow speeds does not matter if I’m wired or wireless. The NG engineers have it now.
I pretty much went straight to the new firmware when my first reboot resulted in satellites not connecting.
The new firmware fixed that.
I have to say the WiFi throughput is very variable (around 150mbps to 450mbps under download pressure) and at best 20% to 30% less than the BE85!