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Intermittent internet connectivity outage with Orbi?
I just installed my new Orbi router yesterday, replacing a Nighthawk R8500. I believe that overall wireless coverage has improved, though top-end performance is not quite as high (measured via fast....
I read in the other "Ring Door Bell" thread that a customer had better results after disabling "Enable Implicit BEAMFORMING". So I tried that just to see what happens. It's probably too early to tell yet, but my 2 Nest cameras have only disconnected once in the past 2 days and I think that's because there was a power outage at my house today (I wasn't home and both cameras went out at the same time, something the intermittent outages haven't done).
So has ther been an official ticket logged with Netgear for this? Or any confirmation from Netgear that this is an issue they will be addressing?
I turned off the beamforming feature and so far I have not seen data drops, I do however see slower speeds (though that could be caused by anything) and not as good coverage.
I actually do not ever have a full signal anymore, no matter the distance fro mthe router or satellite. It is slightly frustrating that we can't use the system as intended and advertised.
Add me to the list as someone who has a new Orbi system and a Nest Cam, and had drops every few hours on the Nest Cam until I disabled the beamforming feature. 18 hours and no drops.
Netgear, you responded to some earlier messages. Can you provide an update?
Looks like I will be holding off on purchasing Orbi till I see this get fixed (hopefully). Netgear are we working on a fix yet?
I'm so glad I found this thread. I was going crazy trying to troubleshoot things.
I've turned off BEAMFORMING (Thanks Mike.) We'll see if that works.
I have until November 1st to return this. I'm hoping Netgear addresses this problem before then.