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Echostorm
Guide
Apr 03, 2024

Re: I am having the worst disconnection problems imaginable

My 2.4 Ghz Devices are unusable they constantly disconnect!  I even bought MORE satellites so that I now have 4 satellites so my IoT coverage is impeccable HOWEVER this has made things worse as satel...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 03, 2024

FYI, new FW available:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-7-BE-Mesh-Systems/New-RBE970-RBE971-Firmware-Version-9-12-3-3-Released/m-p/2382005/thread-id/1932

Echostorm wrote:

My 2.4 Ghz Devices are unusable they constantly disconnect!  I even bought MORE satellites so that I now have 4 satellites so my IoT coverage is impeccable HOWEVER this has made things worse as satellites compete for better connections to my MyQ garage door opener so much so that they hand off to each other and each handoff takes like 5-10 minutes for the connection to reset, only to instantly lose it.  Ironically my garage door opener is "roaming" via satellites and I can see it connect and drop.  Netgear we need to improve the 970 Orbi connectivity - I never had this problems with 3 satellites and my 860 Orbi's!