Wi-Fi System Retest: NETGEAR AC3000 Orbi And Linksys Velop

[thiggins]

We retested NETGEAR's Orbi and Linksys' Velop and were pleasantly surprised by one of them.

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[chadster766]

Did you do testing with the latest Velop firmware version 1.1.2.183316?

 

[thiggins]

Did you do testing with the latest Velop firmware version 1.1.2.183316?

1.1.2.181801 as stated in review.

I always update before testing. Looks like I just missed the release on 8/24. Testing was completed on 8/23

 

[chadster766]

That's too bad because firmware 1.1.2.181801 was a failure but firmware version 1.1.2.183316 is a success.

 

[thiggins]

That's too bad because firmware 1.1.2.181801 was a failure but firmware version 1.1.2.183316 is a success.

If it was a failure, why was it not pulled back?

 

[chadster766]

Sorry I don't have the answer to that.

I provided downgrade instructions and a firmware download link to firmware 1.1.1.180735 to many Linksys forum users during that period. Firmware 1.1.1.180735 was reporting quite well but it did have a few issues with Bridge Mode.

 

[njweb]

Thanks for the retest Tim.

 

[riel_net]

The WAN throughput is odd. I thought pretty much the orbi line up had the same processor and chipset. So a little surprised their high end would show those results.

 

[steve23094]

I think the latest Orbi firmware now supports multiple hops.