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Your experience with Firmware 2.2.1.210 released as of 10/3/18
The other long thread on the new firmware is useless and has become a tech support thread. Please only post your experience after upgrading to the new firmware, good or bad. I'd like to see everyone'...
Ok sounds good. Let us know what you find out. Seems like something is happening here with these settings and Apple devices. I presume this mabye a issue in FW or possible both problem with NG FW and Apple iOS. Something both NG and Apple should look into.
RocketSquirrel wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:
Try try this?
Advanced Wireless Settings both 2.4GHz and 5GHz changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307.
Lowering Orbi's CTS/RTS threshold from 2347 to 2307 seems to have ended my iPad's daily dropping of WiFi.
Now the next part of the experiment will be to set it back to 2347 and see if the WiFi drops return...
FURRYe38 wrote:
Ok sounds good. Let us know what you find out. Seems like something is happening here with these settings and Apple devices. I presume this mabye a issue in FW or possible both problem with NG FW and Apple iOS. Something both NG and Apple should look into.
RocketSquirrel wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:
Try try this?
Advanced Wireless Settings both 2.4GHz and 5GHz changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307.
Lowering Orbi's CTS/RTS threshold from 2347 to 2307 seems to have ended my iPad's daily dropping of WiFi.
Now the next part of the experiment will be to set it back to 2347 and see if the WiFi drops return...
Experiment complete. My iPad Air 2 drops Wi-Fi about once a day with Orbi’s CTS/RTS threshold set to the default 2347. It stays connected 100% when the threshold is reduced to 2307.
The drops seemed to occur only in my usual TV-watching spot, connected to a satellite.
For whatever this tidbit of data is worth.
So after downgrading to .10 firmware I was happy again. A week later I've noticed a few wifi drops...just noticed another one right now and decided to look at my Orbi settings. Well would you look at that...it auto-updated again to the latest version. WTF???? Why is there no option to turn off this auto-updating garbage???
Try this for v210:
If you updated to recent FW v.210, try enabling Daisy Chain. Some have mentioned that this seems to be working in reverse order, enabling means disabled actually.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-and-connection-problems-Skybell/m-p/1649275/highlight/true#M43001
vice86 wrote:
So after downgrading to .10 firmware I was happy again. A week later I've noticed a few wifi drops...just noticed another one right now and decided to look at my Orbi settings. Well would you look at that...it auto-updated again to the latest version. WTF???? Why is there no option to turn off this auto-updating garbage???
Good to hear. Seems that 40 points on the change seems to be the difference. Other users have said that the change suggestion has worked for them as well on there Apple devcies. Something in the wifi drivers in the FW or Apple devices is where this seems to be effecting this.
RocketSquirrel wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:
Ok sounds good. Let us know what you find out. Seems like something is happening here with these settings and Apple devices. I presume this mabye a issue in FW or possible both problem with NG FW and Apple iOS. Something both NG and Apple should look into.
RocketSquirrel wrote:
FURRYe38 wrote:
Try try this?
Advanced Wireless Settings both 2.4GHz and 5GHz changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307.
Lowering Orbi's CTS/RTS threshold from 2347 to 2307 seems to have ended my iPad's daily dropping of WiFi.
Now the next part of the experiment will be to set it back to 2347 and see if the WiFi drops return...
Experiment complete. My iPad Air 2 drops Wi-Fi about once a day with Orbi’s CTS/RTS threshold set to the default 2347. It stays connected 100% when the threshold is reduced to 2307.
The drops seemed to occur only in my usual TV-watching spot, connected to a satellite.
For whatever this tidbit of data is worth.
