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Odd iPhone 16 behavior after Orbi 772 FW update
I received a new Orbi 772 system (with FW 10.5.18.3) about 3 weeks ago and the system appeared to be trouble-free until a few days ago, when I finally took the latest FW update (10.5.19.5). While mo...
After re-installing the previous FW release (10.5.18.3) I have been monitoring the performance of the iPhone 16 all afternoon.
It really seems to have gone back to the normal behavior, operating at "5 GHz + 6 GHz" and switching back and forth between router and satellite, depending on where I place it.
The switch-over takes a while, in the order of a minute or so, but I assume it is a normal operation to avoid unnecessary switching.
Note that I did not make any of the additional changes discussed earlier by @ donawalt, so I think the symptoms I was seeing with the latest Orbi FW were different than what he is observing.
It also makes me think that the latest FW (10.5.19.5) may have introduced some "unwanted features" (i.e. bugs). Alternately, the return to expected behavior of the iPhone 16 may be just the result of the router and satellite rebooting that took place when I loaded the old FW this morning.
Based on what I see at this point, I feel I should stay with FW 10.5.18.3 until NG comes out with a newer FW version, post 10.5.19.5, as I cannot see a downside of doing so, at least in my relatively simple application.