Orbi Firmware v2.5.0.38

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FURRYe38 wrote:

Can you revert back to v30 and see what happens? Or try v40. I'd manually load FW and reset the RBR and setup from scratch. 

 

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abonko wrote:

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FURRYe38 wrote:

Try the reset on both RBR and RBS. 

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As I already stated, I did that.  (read my earlier posts)

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I reverted back to 30 last night.  Wow, what a difference!  I can now confidently say that there is something seriously wrong with 38.

Since I upgraded to 38 approximately 1 month ago, I wanted to be sure my memory of my network's speed, range and stability wasn't over-inflated.  So before reverting, I ran a few tests while the Orbi router and satellite were still on 38.

1) I walked to multiple far edges of my house with a few wifi devices to test the connectivity.  Every device lost connectivity to wifi in these locations.

2) Back in range and connected to wifi, I cleared the browser caches on my iPhone and laptop.  I went to websites that are heavy and multi-media intensive and measured the page load times.

After downgrading from 38 to 30, I performed the same tests as above.

1) I walked to the exact same far edges of my house with the same wifi devices to test the connectivity.  Every device mintained good to strong connectivity to the wifi in these locations.  Accessing the internet or streaming video was without issue.

2) From the same locations as when I ran test 2 before, I again cleared the browser caches on my iPhone and laptop.  I went to the same websites that are heavy and multi-media intensive and measured the page load times.  Overall, page load times were 25%-50% faster.

Since downgrading from 38 to 30, not a single device has lost connectivity to the wifi.  Even more, my family has asked me what I did as they are all noticing that everything loads faster than before.

What has me most puzzled is why the firmware would have also affected the range of connectivity.  I wonder if this is the underlying issue causing devices to lose conenctivity and download speeds to be compromised.  Seems like a stretch, but maybe this information will help in the diagnosis of the root issue.