I have an Orbi with the Satellite amazon echo. Over the past 6 months or so we've noticed a common behaviour with the iPads and sometimes iPhones in the house. It's a standard 4 bedroom home, single story. The satellite is roughly 10 meters from the base. Generally between 25 and 35 devices connected at any point in time. The behaviour is as follows:* iPad connectivity is good, operating normally* put the iPad down and come back to it after an hour or so* The iPad shows a full connection to the wifi however when doing anything requiring internet, there's no internet* Turn off wifi on the iPad, wait a few seconds, turn on wifi* The iPad connects to the same network again, but this time working I've updated to the latest firmware for both the base and satellite. Currently:Base RBR50 - 2.5.2.4Satellite RBS40V - 2.6.1.4 Any suggestions?

Replying to my own message... I've seen other similar posts and the resolution appears to be related to advanced wifi settings and turning on/off beamforming and changing the preamble mode to long. I have tried the above and variations on the above, but still no change in behaviour.

What version of Apple iOS are you running on your iPads and iPhones? The latest version of iOS (14.1) has some quirks regarding WiFi connectivity. Be certain you've selected the proper configutation in iOS for your ORBI WiFi. Another ORBI "Advanced" setting to try is to turn off "Enable Fast Roaming". That worked in my scenario. Good Luck!

tucsontico wrote:Be certain you've selected the proper configutation in iOS for your ORBI WiFi. Can you elaborate on what I would do in iOS for this, please? tucsontico wrote: Another ORBI "Advanced" setting to try is to turn off "Enable Fast Roaming". That worked in my scenario. Good Luck!Enable fast roaming has been off as long as I can remember. Thanks for your suggestions.

One User Experience/Configuration:https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Most-Stable-Orbi-Configuration/m-p/1941087/highlight/true#M97026https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/Community-FAQ-My-Orbi-speeds-are-slow-inconsistent-and-don-t-my/m-p/1982974/highlight/true#M7849

Thanks - I've going through these settings and will see how it goes.

iPad Pro wifi dropping out on Orbi

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berwickgeek
Aspirant
Oct 20, 2020
Replying to my own message...

I've seen other similar posts and the resolution appears to be related to advanced wifi settings and turning on/off beamforming and changing the preamble mode to long.

I have tried the above and variations on the above, but still no change in behaviour.
- tucsontico
  Virtuoso
  Oct 21, 2020
  What version of Apple iOS are you running on your iPads and iPhones? The latest version of iOS (14.1) has some quirks regarding WiFi connectivity. Be certain you've selected the proper configutation in iOS for your ORBI WiFi.
  
  Another ORBI "Advanced" setting to try is to turn off "Enable Fast Roaming". That worked in my scenario. Good Luck!
  - berwickgeek
    Aspirant
    Oct 21, 2020
    tucsontico wrote:
    Be certain you've selected the proper configutation in iOS for your ORBI WiFi.
    
    Can you elaborate on what I would do in iOS for this, please?
    
    tucsontico wrote:
    
    Another ORBI "Advanced" setting to try is to turn off "Enable Fast Roaming". That worked in my scenario. Good Luck!
    Enable fast roaming has been off as long as I can remember.
    
    Thanks for your suggestions.
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 21, 2020
One User Experience/Configuration:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Most-Stable-Orbi-Configuration/m-p/1941087/highlight/true#M97026
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/Community-FAQ-My-Orbi-speeds-are-slow-inconsistent-and-don-t-my/m-p/1982974/highlight/true#M7849
- berwickgeek
  Aspirant
  Oct 22, 2020
  Thanks - I've going through these settings and will see how it goes.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 22, 2020
    :smileywink:

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iPad Pro wifi dropping out on Orbi