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ORBI vs Nighthawk
I had chatted with a Netgear support person about our Nighthawk AC1900. I was hoping to extend our wifi signal to outlying areas in our yard and our barn that is about 200 feet from our router. I wa...
I certainly don't disagree with you regarding firmware stability. Also the Orbi doesn't offer QOS features which I have to assume is a coming feature since the option is included in the management menus. I hate to swap out equipment again but if my Orbi loses connectivity again after all I've gone through to gain some stability after more than a year of having this up and running, then I will probably move back to the Nighthawk series since they have proven track record of stability and reliability over the years. Until then I guess I'll just keep things the way they are since I've got the Orbi router installed in the back of a 1500 sq foot house and a single Satellite in the front of the house that provides wifi connectivity to wireless cameras mounted to the front of the house facing the street. Outside of that I'm not sure what else I could do with Orbi. And just to be clear, prior to replacing my previous cable modem with a different brand/model, I was losing connectivity to both wired and wireless devices. So that might be an option for those still experiencing issues. My Ubee cable modem was replaced with an Arris which I prefer anyway.
What is the model # of the Arris modem you have now?
Have you tested your system with out the following enabled to see if there are any changes?
Beamforming, MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming?
Set manual channels to 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz? Any unused channel on 5ghz.
WPA2 and AES only.
1500 sq ft shouldn't really need a Satellite. one Orbi router should be able to handle that size of a buiding. I have a 5000sq ft house and only use 1 Satellite as the opposite end from where the router is.
sdunlap01wrote:I certainly don't disagree with you regarding firmware stability. Also the Orbi doesn't offer QOS features which I have to assume is a coming feature since the option is included in the management menus. I hate to swap out equipment again but if my Orbi loses connectivity again after all I've gone through to gain some stability after more than a year of having this up and running, then I will probably move back to the Nighthawk series since they have proven track record of stability and reliability over the years. Until then I guess I'll just keep things the way they are since I've got the Orbi router installed in the back of a 1500 sq foot house and a single Satellite in the front of the house that provides wifi connectivity to wireless cameras mounted to the front of the house facing the street. Outside of that I'm not sure what else I could do with Orbi. And just to be clear, prior to replacing my previous cable modem with a different brand/model, I was losing connectivity to both wired and wireless devices. So that might be an option for those still experiencing issues. My Ubee cable modem was replaced with an Arris which I prefer anyway.
Unfortunately without the satellite my outdoor cameras mounted to the front of the house do not connect to wireless. That I've tested several times. The ARRIS model I'm currently using is TG1672G and I noticed the improvement immediately. I had tried every imaginable mode on the Ubee router without much success and the cable company came out and verified my signal is good so I was in process of elmination and found even without my Orbi connection, my cable modem connection disconnected (both wired and wireless) and its firmware was up to date so I was very grateful to have a different model modem.
As far as the Orbi goes, I've tried every imaginable setting and have settled on the following to date:
WPA2-PSK [AES]
2.4Ghz is set to Auto but currently reported on channel 3
While 5Ghz is set to channel 48 and 9 devices streaming at 5Ghz while others that don't support such are streaming at 2Ghz
None of the following features are enabled as I've read other blogs that reported issues so instead of adding layers of complexity, I was trying to eliminate them so all are unchecked
Enable Implicit BEAMFORMING - Boosts WiFi speed, reliability, & range for all mobile devices
Enable MU-MIMO
Enable Fast Roaming
Access control is enabled and configured to :
Block all new devices from connecting
And finally, my Orbi is in Router mode while my Arris is in bridge mode
Prior to this I wasn't able to work a single day from home without being disconnected.
Today was my first successful day staying connected but i'm still in monitoring mode but hopefulWhich model Orbi are you using btw? That's probably why I'm having to use an added Satellite .... maybe I chose the wrong model Orbi for my home