[Dave]

Hi all,

Unfortunately I see others still having problems.

Since I sent mine back and reverted back to.my old Orbi RBK52 I’ve had no issues at all.

Think I’ll stick with that for the time being.

Good luck to the beta testing

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Unfortunately that’s what I ended up having to do.

RMA as faulty

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Since I’ve now returned my XT8 system. Does anyone have any real world experience with these?

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Just checked mine and they are both 2021 models

 

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I think that’s the issue I had. Where it was connected but couldn’t access anything, even the router.

I did try “forget network” on the ps5, 1 ipad and my iPhone but it didn’t work unfortunately.

Strangely though the other ipads/iphones didn’t have the issue.

I’m stumped to be honest with what went so badly wrong after the update.

Definitely missing the extra speed at distance since I’ve swapped it over. I’ve lost around 100mbps through a couple of walls compared to the XT8. Could be down to this not being Wi-Fi 6 though

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I kept my Orbi RBK52 system so I’ve connected that back up for now. It’s not quite as quick especially with over 35 devices but it was pretty stable over the 2 or so years I had it.

I’ll do some extra research for a replacement as I do need one.

Any recommendations?

 

 

 

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Evening all,

After several hard resets and reverting back to 42095, had quite a few issues tonight after a relatively smooth day.

Devices being randomly blocked from the Internet, iphone, ipad PS5.

Sky Q complaining about not being connected to the Internet too

So I’ve  given in after 5 days of trying and I’m sending it back.

Maybe all the resetting etc has taken it toll on the device and caused some issues but it’s all happened since I did the upgrade after a couple of months of stability.

Thanks for the help and advice and good luck!

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Finally gave in tonight when the kids iPads kept getting kicked off every 2 minutes and wouldn’t re-join without turning Wi-Fi on and off – the pain of that is too much to take!

Reverted back to 42095 – finger crossed it’ll settle down now

Hopefully it’s down to my setup/devices rather than a general problem

Thanks for your help

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Sorry I meant Smart Hub!

Gaming wise, the kids play their ps5 games online but don’t complain too much until this weekend with the issues!

Someone has installed FTTP here too but it’s not yet activated. Fibre Heroes I think so I’ll wait for that which is supposed to be imminent rather than buying the Draytek.

Wife has issues with Teams this morning. 1-2 second drop out a few times “we’re trying to reconnect you”

I need to test myself too and see if it was a one off

Thanks all

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I’m on BT GFAST with the superhub 2 (330mb/50mb)

WiFi is disabled but it’s acting as the router as there’s no bridge mode that I can see on the settings.

Since last night the speed I was getting was around 100mbps on speed test, normally it’s 300mbps on wifi. I’ve changed a bunch of settings again this morning and seem to have cured that issue. Back to normal speed again.

I’ll run it for the rest of the day and see how it goes

I used to have the Orbi RBK52, didn’t really have any issues with that though. Maybe a reboot once  a month but it was starting to struggle more with the sheer amount of devices on the network.

I also trialled the newer 752 Orbi system but found that roaming devices would tend to hang off the main router rather than switch to satellite. Band steering had been removed from the options. So devices were hanging on to 2.4ghz rather than 5. So that went back.

I’ve also got a full Meraki setup, but don’t use it much as I’ve only got a single AP which doesn’t give enough range. Shame because that’s usually bulletproof

Hopefully my stability issues will stop because it’s a decent system when it works!

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For some reason it’s now blocking access to all connected devices.

Wifi is still connected on each but I cannot connect to the XT8’s interface or the internet from any unless I do a full power cycle.

It did work for around 2 hours this evening after a factory reset again – although not the factory reset dodgy drains suggested.

I’ve just done another factory reset as per the link – this is the last try – if it fails again it’s going back on the old firmware or I’ll return it.

 

 

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@dodgydrains – I didn’t factory reset as per the link you sent over.

I tried both the reset button and the command in the GUI.

If I’m still having trouble in the morning I’ll try the method in your link

Thanks

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Thanks both.

I rebuilt from scratch after the factory reset.

I’ve had a play around with the settings like channel settings. Not sure if that bad made a difference? I’ve reset to defaults now and will see how it goes.

It’ll get a test tomorrow too on Teams etc so I’ll report back.

 

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Had mine running for a day now after a full factory reset but had lots of issues.

Sky Q keeps disconnecting.

PS5s got lag and slow speed.

Also got frequent Internet time outs out even though everything seems to be working and connected.

I’ll see how it goes for the rest of today and if not better I’ll revert back again.

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I’ve factory reset mine this morning, not had chance to run a proper test but I was wondering what settings you guys use for the 5.2 backhaul?

On mine, channel and wireless mode on auto things seem to be fine – but if I try and fix a channel or select AX mode only my node wont reconnect?

If I choose the channel (100) and Mode as AUTO the node will only connect on 2.4ghz

Any thoughts?

 

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