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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'...
Try a factory reset on the system. if this fails,
Try a Manual FW load:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-released-as-of-10-3-18/m-p/1647303/highlight/true#M42416
Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
What WPA security modes are you using? Try using WPA2 and AES only.
What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.
Try disabling the following and see:
MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
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.
AustinNative wrote:
I have a similar problem. Any solutions yet?
Update - I have been on this 2.2.1.210 firmware since October and my wifi connection has been rock solid. I work remotely often and use Citrix Workspace to connect to my virtual work desktop and have not suffered any disconnects in a long time (since getting Orbi firmware 2.2.1.210 in fact).
With one of the PRIOR recent firmwares (do not recall which one) I was having sporadic disconnect issues, but those issues stopped competely after getting 2.2.1.210.
I agree. I can report no problems at this time. Seems to be OK. But, don't you think it is sad that the new "measurment bar" for Orbi is "Does it work or did they break it again?".
A few more days until 2019 and so far not one single feature for Orbi Pro has delivered. Still no SSID vLAN support, etc, etc. Orbi Pro is "so far" proving to be a con job well played by Netgear proving one simple fact about humans. Put the same product in a new package. Add the word "Pro" to it. Double the price, and they will buy it.
Well played Netgear, Well Played. Thank god I purchased the extended 3 year warranty. Warranties should now we called "OEM False Advertising Protection".
Happy New Year Everyone.
Just curious, when your v210 was applied, did you use the autoupdate feature and continue to use the system or manually load the FW and do a factory reset?
njweb wrote:
Update - I have been on this 2.2.1.210 firmware since October and my wifi connection has been rock solid. I work remotely often and use Citrix Workspace to connect to my virtual work desktop and have not suffered any disconnects in a long time (since getting Orbi firmware 2.2.1.210 in fact).
With one of the PRIOR recent firmwares (do not recall which one) I was having sporadic disconnect issues, but those issues stopped competely after getting 2.2.1.210.
I used the built-in update. I have auto-update disabled and will keep that disabled FOREVER!
Furthermore, I am completely DONE with the Netgear's "doggy doodoo" of "wipe-update-wipe-reconfigure". If they can't push an update that does NOT involve a full reset (seems to be the Netgear response to all problems)...well...they need to rethink thier strategy.
Netgear Orbi Pro needs to be "PRO".
"Pro" needs to have business class features (vLAN, etc, etc)
"Business Class" needs to have abilty to handle a software update that does not disrupt "BUSINESS" and require a full factory reset to resolve.
Happy New Year!!!
I think it's been NGs intent to have autoupate work and not have to factory reset and setup from scratch. Unfortinately, something in there FW development and update process seems to break at this point. Thus factory resets are needed in some cases to clear out prior configurations and FW settings. I've seen this on my system as well. AutoUpdate gets applied however items in the background start to not work right until I factory reset and setup from scratch. One thing I do is do a router config save to file, then if I do need a reset, I can reset then apply the saved config from file for quick setup.
Orbi has a Pro version:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-Pro-WiFi-for-Small-Business/bd-p/en-business-orbi-pro
Something to post about if your interested in the Pro version.
Good Luck.
Flash008 wrote:
I used the built-in update. I have auto-update disabled and will keep that disabled FOREVER!
Furthermore, I am completely DONE with the Netgear's "doggy doodoo" of "wipe-update-wipe-reconfigure". If they can't push an update that does NOT involve a full reset (seems to be the Netgear response to all problems)...well...they need to rethink thier strategy.
Netgear Orbi Pro needs to be "PRO".
"Pro" needs to have business class features (vLAN, etc, etc)
"Business Class" needs to have abilty to handle a software update that does not disrupt "BUSINESS" and require a full factory reset to resolve.
Happy New Year!!!