Updated Verizon s8+ which according to the release notes contains no changes to wifi at all. Still periodic disconnects with all other devices previously mentioned.
Well, after a very understanding coversation with a manager at Best Buy, they graciously agreed to allow me to return my Orbi and purchase something else. I've now had 2 Samsung Connect Home Pro hubs hooked up for roughly 3 hours, zero disconnects so far.
On my Samsung Galaxy s8+ today I went into "Settings" then selected "System Update" it said new update available I downloaded and installed it and so far no drops yet in wifi on phone, will monitor only been a few hrs since update. Have verizon phone.
@spinkick good question no idea what they fixed the release notes are kind-of vague nothing explicitly points to wireless or wifi fix, it is one of them magical "fixes/enhancements" that Firmware addresses but no one knows exactly what it is...for me it is working now so happy it was really frustrating drops in wifi constantly on the phone...fingers crossed!
Good News....my Obri Network is now stable and keeping internet connections. After the most recent Verizon update for the Galaxy S8+, I reset my WiFi connections on the Galaxy S8 and reconnected to my Orbi network. I have now been connected since last evening without any internet connection problems.
Model: Orbi High-Performance AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi System (RBK50)
Just updated to AQH3 on my US unlocked S8+. Since swapping out the Orbi with Samsung's mesh, the issue persisted prior to today's update. I'm on my way home now to test things now that Samsung has finally released an update.
Verizon update seems to have solved the problem. that does not remove the issue that Netgear, Verizon and Samsung were aware of the problem and a solution was created weeks ago that Sprint and T mobile sent out. Verizon could have sent out their update sooner. Netgear eventhough they claim this community is for users to communicate with each other and not their support could have communicated better with the owner of this produce. I am sure they monitor the conversations I am also sure they have everyones e mail that owns this device they could have sent out an e mail to all owners of Orbi explaining the issue and what they are doing to solve the problem. if there was nothing they could do and had to wait for an update from Samsung which it seems that is what they had to do.. They could have sent out an e mail stating they are working with Samsung to solve the problem. Once it was known the Sprint and T mobile update worked they could have sent another e mail that they are working with Verizon to have their update sent out as soon as possible. They did not do any of this and Verizon waited weeks to send out a new update neither company was responsive to this issue
Model: Orbi High-Performance AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi System (RBK50)
After my last update direct from Samsung, wifi remained connected to my primary network throughout the evening and into the early morning when I leave for work. To reiterate: this is now on the Samsung Connect Home Pro mesh setup, not Orbi. Given the nature of the problem, I'm more than confident this will resolve the issue for any other S8/+ users who are on the US unlocked variant.
I've had the same problem as everyone else it seem s and switched my connection to guest mode just to see what would happen. It seems to work and has been holding without dropping connection for 2 days now which it has never done. I switched it back to the main network and almost immediately connection was lost. Orbi you need to get on this pronto. I freaked on samsung cause i thought it was them for 2 weeks. My bad Samsung.
Worth continuing to note that no changes were made to S8/S8+ WIFI behavior or driver by Samsung on any carrier for the August updates. Any change you're seeing is merely placebo affect.
Luckily that's an incorrect assumption. The update for August is fixing the s8 on all mesh style devices, check around the internet. It wasn't just An Orbi issue with the s8 and its absolutely solid now for most of us.
In fact, I had an rma s8 phone with an old firmware before the July update and it was stable too. Them July patch confirmed to wreck something, and then August patch its stable again.
Samsung often will make changes and not document them.
