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Montaj8
Sep 30, 2017Aspirant
RBR50 magenta light and disconnect issue still with V2.0.0.74 and prior firmware
I have been experiencing daily disconnects every afternoon and evening on my Orbi main unit. The disconnect is usually around the same time of day but not at the exact same time. We get the solid M...
DarrenM
Oct 02, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello Montaj8
Have you made sure mumimo and beamforming are enabled in the advanced wireless settings? If so send me a PM with your Name email and phone number and I will have our support team work with you.
DarrenM
Montaj8
Oct 03, 2017Aspirant
I had tried enabling mumimo and beam forming on the previous firmware version and the signal became even more unstable. I haven't tried to re-enable yet on 2.0.0.74. I will try it one more time on the new firmware.
- aazOct 03, 2017Virtuoso
I'll suggest one more thing - Try Turning off UPnP, since doing that the Orbi has been incredibly stable for me. This may not be the solution for every dropping issue but I know there are a lot of crap implimentations of UPnP out there, and the Orbi is not reselient enough to take those.