What’s new in Orb 1.6

Orb 1.6 is here with new ways to visualize, test, and troubleshoot your network. The release adds an advanced detail view, nearby Wi-Fi scanning, a redesigned speed test, improved endpoint selection, and more measurement detail.

Advanced detail view

The new advanced detail view graphs your Orb Score, Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed measurements over time, making it easier to spot changes and trends.

Put events in context

Overlay network events on your graphs to see what was happening when performance changed.

Scan nearby Wi-Fi

Scan nearby access points directly from Orb for more context when troubleshooting your wireless environment.

A redesigned speed test

Orb’s newly designed speed test provides an on-demand view of your network’s maximum achievable throughput, with visual feedback as the test runs.

Choose where Orb tests

Improved endpoint selection makes it easier to test against the internet, another Orb, or infrastructure you control.

Also new in 1.6

Orb 1.6 also adds more DNS and speed-test detail, improved speed measurements, German, Portuguese, and Polish language support, MDM support for iOS and Android, and more flexible sensor deployments.

Since Orb 1.5, we’ve also expanded Orb Cloud with Events & Alerts, MCP, Subspace Management, and broader Analytics access.

Check out The Forge changelog for the complete release notes.