re: Prime Day Thread

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Drops connection 20x a day. Apparently it's a common problem. Glad yours works well.

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Have you downloaded a WiFi analyzer to determine your conditions around you? There may be interference. You can log in and go use channels that receive the least amount of interference. I had the same issue until I did.

Here is what made all the difference in my system and made it stable and usable all over my house instead of spotty and unstable, losing connections multiple times a day.

I analyzed the interfering WiFi around me and set the Orbi up on channels for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz where there was no interference at all.

I tested which DNS servers are best from my location, the ISP's servers and others, like Google, using a program called DNS Jumper. Turned out that Google's Servers were the fastest and most stable. For reference, if you want to try setting these up as primary and secondary servers, the DNS IP addresses are:

For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4.
For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844

Also, I could have set up my Orbi as an Access Point and let the Modem handle all the DHCP functions. Instead, I disabled the DHCP functions of the Arris modem used by Spectrum and allowed the Orbi to handle that alone. This made the system more stable since they weren't (not even sure this is the right way to put it) competing with each other to do that. Basically, I just eliminated whatever handshake they had to make.

Other than get rid of the unstable system errors, I wanted to eliminate the Double NAT situation that occurs when you don't make these changes. Why? I wanted to be able to open a port in the system to allow access to my Plex Server from outside the home. Couldn't do this with a double NAT. Now, no problem and the the Orbi system works perfectly.

I would definitely recommend going through those steps before giving up on it. Good luck.