Orbi

It is very infuriating. These sell more than Ubiquiti too because the average joe hasn’t even heard of Unifi and netgear sells in all big box retailers in every country. So average joes just walk into the store and pick this shit up. Thinking they’re cool for solving their wifi problem in the al fre

I work for a WiFi software platform company with mesh logic deployed on 50 million homes around the world. I've tested every single consumer grade router imaginable with the exception of Chinese manufacturers. I'll assume you're a consumer grade kind of scenario with some gaming mixed in, and nothin

If you don’t understand anything technical then you’re in the wrong place. Ubiquiti styles themselves as Enterprise and as a result there’s a TON of options that can make things a LOT worse. Tack on to that the lack of any QA expected from an Enterprise vendor and what you end up with is something t

Netgear / Orbi is possibly the worst garbage you can find in mesh wifi systems. I had to return an Orbi 870. Never looked back

You need to run ethernet to the add-on, would have been easier to plan it while the walls were open and electrical being run,etc. With that ethernet you can connect a 2nd access point of some sort. Your current router may support linking a 2nd router of the same brand as an additional access point.

Would not recommend another Netgear Orbi. I’m buying Ubiquiti next time.Great customer service - hey, your router’s bricked though our firmware update, best we fleece you a second time, here’s 20% off to help dull the pain. They say a fool pays twice! I could not bring myself to buy another Orbi.

Eero Pro 7, TP-Link Deco 7 Pro, or Netgear Orbi 870. If you don't mind a little work but a lot of customization would look into unifi.

Agree. NETGEAR orbi has fallen from being reliable to unpredictable and lost my trust. I think my next brand to try is unifi. I just. Need a brand that just works out of the box and don’t say “send it out and we will fix with updates.” While we suffer and pray the next update will improve my network

It’s orbi / netgear …. What did you expect? -as an ex orbi user

I had an Orbi system for years. It worked ok. Last week I got a notice from Netgear that they were sunsetting my system and would no longer offer any support. I checked on a new Orbi or Netgear system and their pricing is crazy. There's no way I'd spend that kind of money. I bought a TP-Link system