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I'm in Orbi hell
I know I should probably just sit quietly on the sidelines and read all the other tales of woe, and add a ++metoo to the thread. But I'm honestly staggered by how badly I'm let down. I bought a ...
How exactly is your Orbi NOT working? Wired or Wireless problems? Both?
Did you check to see how many wifi neighbors you have near by?
Did you disable any of the following? Beamforming, MiMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming?
Did you try to set manual channels on each radio?
What mfr and model# modem do you have?
What devices did you have connected?
When you upgraded or downgraded FW, did you factory reset after sending the FW files and the set up from scratch?
How exactly is your Orbi NOT working? Wired or Wireless problems? Both?
>> Wireless. I don't have any wired devices connected to the Orbi. The device becomes unresponsive at least once a day. WiFi signal shows strong, but I can't address the orbi through app or web interfaces, and Internet doesn't work. One or two power cycles usually fixes it for a while.
Did you check to see how many wifi neighbors you have near by?
>> I live in a city. I can see 10 wifi SSIDs right now that aren't in my house.
Did you disable any of the following? Beamforming, MiMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming?
>> All disabled.
Did you try to set manual channels on each radio?
>> I've done that, but honestly, there are a lot of channels, and a-b testing them all is outside my patience. None of the ones I've selected after doing a mini survey of neighboring signals has had any effect.
What mfr and model# modem do you have?
>> Hitron 2250
What devices did you have connected?
>> Windows PC, Macbook Pro, 2x iPhone, Nest thermo, Samsung printer, Apple TV, xbone, iPad pro, LG Tv, Macbook Air, 2x iHome WiFi speakers, Apple Time Capsule
When you upgraded or downgraded FW, did you factory reset after sending the FW files and the set up from scratch?
>> Yes, on several occasions. While I referenced upgrading and downgrading, it doesn't coun't the times I reset from scratch with x.x.1? and x.x.x.18. Couldn't be bothered to do that the last time when I went to 2.0.1.4 after downgrading.