Orbi 370 Series Dual-Band WiFi 7 Mesh System (3-pack)

I bought the 370 and wifi was ok at best and wired was horrible. With my old TP link router on a wired ethernet connection I got around 700-900mbps (I pay for 2G internet through Cox) and with the orbi 370 router it was blocked to 60-80mps wired. I know my way around this equipment and after hours and hours of troubleshooting and shity tech support from India (Netgear) I sent it back. It's a firmware issue they can't solve.

I got a 370 series and I am pleasantly surprised how good it is so far.

The 770 870 and 970 are all just hot garbage. The firmware is absolutely atrocious. I had a customer want the 770 for there home I said ok but there not very reliable at the moment they wanted it anyway. It took 3 days and they got fed up with it then they decided they wanted the 373 series and lone behold it actually worked better than the higher end models and hasn’t been a problem for them go figure. I actually installed another 373 series a week ago for a friend of mine and that one is also very solid. My only conclusion is it’s something in the firmware of the true wifi 7 models that have 6ghz band. The 373 doesn’t have the 6ghz band but as a dual band system it performs well from what I have seen so far.

Only one I have had any success with is the 370 series which isn’t a true WiFi 7 system as it’s missing the 6ghz. Had a customer telling me they wanted the 770 I told them it was very unstable but they insisted so I set it up for them with wired backhaul and not even 3 days later they requested something else. I returned the 770 got them the 373 as they have no wifi 7 or 6E devices and it’s been flawless for them. I think the wifi 7 systems will get better in time but right now there a firmware horror show and it’s not just netgear either

Only one I have had any success with is the 370 series which isn’t a true WiFi 7 system as it’s missing the 6ghz. Had a customer telling me they wanted the 770 I told them it was very unstable but they insisted so I set it up for them with wired backhaul and not even 3 days later they requested something else. I returned the 770 got them the 373 as they have no wifi 7 or 6E devices and it’s been flawless for them. I think the wifi 7 systems will get better in time but right now there a firmware horror show and it’s not just netgear either

Agreed I have put 2 in so far for customers one of them was the 373 the other was the 374 and they are actually really good makes me wonder if the firmware issues with the other wifi 7 systems has something to do with 6ghz band and how it’s being implemented in firmware

Agreed I have put 2 in so far for customers one of them was the 373 the other was the 374 and they are actually really good makes me wonder if the firmware issues with the other wifi 7 systems has something to do with 6ghz band and how it’s being implemented in firmware

Orbi 7 here. Works flawlessly.

Get an Orbi Wifi 7 router with two satellites. I struggled with WiFi routers for a long time in my house until I discovered Orbi. Expensive, but you won't regret it.

Orbi Wi-Fi 7 products perform incredibly well compared to older Netgear products I’ve had. Downsides are they’re expensive, physically big and unless you have a complex house layout, they may be overkill.

I've used Netgear Orbi, Eero, and Ubiquiti UniFi WiFi 7 systems all long term. If you want an excellent ecosystem all behind one very sleek pane of glass WITH better performance and reliability and control than the other stuff, just get UniFi. The only caveat is lack of a dedicated wireless backhaul channel but this is often inconsequential because of better range and overall bandwidth. If you want to set it and forget it and have tolerance when a forced botched firmware update is pushed with no rollback option, consider Eero.

It's completely ignorant. With the better range and speeds on my UniFi APs versus the Eero and Orbi Wi-Fi 7 stuff I ran before, my mesh performance on the one AP I don't have hard wired is BETTER despite having no dedicated backhaul channel / SSID. The link speed is higher, actual throughput to the AP is higher as tested from it itself and Ethernet bridged devices, and Wi-Fi clients have better speeds. I feel like people haven't really tried the competition... I did long-term, and they suck ass. From absolutely unworkable bugs to flaky performance, there's nothing I miss about either Orbi or Eero.

Run away from orbi. I got the WiFi 7 and I hate it. Stops for no reason. Latency spikes. Needs rebooting (potentially DHCP issue). Weirdly crap firmware that doesn’t even confirm to its own documentation.

You could get a 3 pack mesh network bundle like the Netgear Orbi system with a dedicated wireless back haul. You would plug the main unit in behind your ISP router and then place the satellite units around your living space. Just make sure that you place one of the satellite units mid way between your deadzone and the main unit so it can throw the signal the rest of the way for the last unit.

I have to agree on “consumer” grade mesh systems, I have tried Asus and two different Netgear Orbi systems (last one cost me $1800 at the time) and all I get is headaches. They last for a month or so and then lose satellites and devices are always dropping until I reset it and then a week later all over again. So I decided instead of dropping another $1200-1800 on a Wifi 7 Consumer Mesh I would invest in Ubiquiti equipment, now I don’t have it running yet but will be using Mesh on the second floor AP as I don’t care if it’s full speed or not.