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The community has waited six months for a firmware update
NETGEAR, the community has waited six months for a firmware update, yet critical issues persist—especially regarding wireless backhaul performance, Apple device compatibility, and overall network sta...
That should have been im sure Netgear is aware of the situation and FURRYe38 Been dealing with this issue for about a year now with no result nor answer. I came up with my solution based on the fact this is my third 3 pack the last two has the restart issue, iv gotten this set and there is no restarting happening, but I also notice that the power supply is totally different.
My original RBE973 was RMA’d and to confirm, yes, the power supplies were majorly redesigned.
Old:
New:
I’ll have to disconnect one of those in order to get the details on that.
When I received my 7 orbi components, one of the power adapters was defective. I just snipped the cable for the tip is not as universal as other sizes and spliced in a higher quality 19VDC 5Amp adapter. No problems doing that. ...m
Here’s a photo of the new:
The white with the very light grey makes it hard to capture the details. If that isn’t clear enough for you to decipher, I can type out the specs.Looks like 3.42Amps and 64watts on new power brick vs 3.16Amps and 60watts
I'll check mine today and take some speed tests as well.
Speed tested with iphone and adroid pad behind both RBS today. Seeing to spec speeds on both. just over 700Mpbs on the iphone and over 900Mpbs on the android pad.
Uptime on the system has been 4 plus days now with RBS both wirelessly connected.
Heres my power brick my system is using:
