NETGEAR - Orbi 770 Series
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"the mesh works so much better, both in coverage, speed, and ease of use."
"the mesh works so much better, both in coverage, speed, and ease of use."
"the mesh works so much better, both in coverage, speed, and ease of use."
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"Deployed 2 Orbis with wireless backhaul in my brothers house that is an open floor plan and he have the best coverage ever."
"I have my mesh connected over wireless backhaul cause I refused to drill holes in my house and still get my full fibre speed since most of my devices are WiFi 6 and 7."
"As far as *hardware* goes, the Orbi is a good premium mesh system ... my best performing wireless devices I've owned were my nighthawk and my Orbi. ... Out of desperation I dropped a lot on a 4 station orbi triband and it just worked so well out of the box. ... I have a 3,000 sqft home so 4 strategically placed APs wirelessly connected to each other over the dedicated 5ghz third band works really well."
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"I download 50tb a month on my server and steam Plex to nearly ten simultaneous users this way. Never had any issues relating to the wifi side of it."
"The furthest room away from the primary is the “throne room” in the master bathroom. I get awesome signal and because of that, three units are not excessive for a 2,000ish sqft house ;)"
"Deployed 2 Orbis with wireless backhaul in my brothers house that is an open floor plan and he have the best coverage ever."
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"I download 50tb a month on my server and steam Plex to nearly ten simultaneous users this way. Never had any issues relating to the wifi side of it."
"I have an Orbi setup I got from Costco on black friday a few years ago, it's a couple gen old now, but still works fantastic."
"I have run my Orbi system this way for YEARS and it is rock solid."
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"Netgear told me to factory reset after every firmware update. It took over one hour every time…They write it in every forum thread. They never fixed their firmware. This was an awful experience."
"They take forever to release new firmware and when they do, problems aren’t fixed and more problems are introduced."
"I walk to the other side of the house (10 feet from satellite 2) and I lose connectivity. ... Have to restart wifi on my phone to get it to reconnect properly."
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"Netgear told me to factory reset after every firmware update. It took over one hour every time…They write it in every forum thread. They never fixed their firmware. This was an awful experience."
"They take forever to release new firmware and when they do, problems aren’t fixed and more problems are introduced."
"I walk to the other side of the house (10 feet from satellite 2) and I lose connectivity. ... Have to restart wifi on my phone to get it to reconnect properly."
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"Netgear told me to factory reset after every firmware update. It took over one hour every time…They write it in every forum thread. They never fixed their firmware. This was an awful experience."
"They take forever to release new firmware and when they do, problems aren’t fixed and more problems are introduced."
"NG severely nerfed the software for power users (I'm a network admin by trade) ... you need a dedicated and better gateway with actual features"
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"Netgear told me to factory reset after every firmware update. It took over one hour every time…They write it in every forum thread. They never fixed their firmware. This was an awful experience."
"I would have probably kept going with Orbi if I could call support, but you need to buy a subscription from netgear!"
"their support was absolutely horrible"
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"They take forever to release new firmware and when they do, problems aren’t fixed and more problems are introduced."
"random pauses, outages, etc, including after firmware upgrades"
"The 770 870 and 970 are all just hot garbage. The firmware is absolutely atrocious."
coolNwO 1.0Got the 770 with the CM3000 had an old Orbi and I have had no issues after being online for 3 days. Only thing I did was download latest firmware. I am not sure what others are complaining about
d1v1debyZero 1.0If you need a mesh I recommend the Orbi 7 series or higher have 2.5GbE WAN and LAN ports on both the main router and satellite units. A lot of WAN is 1Gbps or less, so companies like TpLink don't really prioritize the high end as much.
dalecarr 1.0Just replaced my ORBI RBR / RBS20 Mesh system with new ORBI 770 series. Happy with speed and throughput improvements and more consistent and reliable coverage. So far so good
deadfishlog 1.0Tp link deco or Orbi 770, wired back haul - I have the same situation and got the 770, now I get a full 1.5gbps on all floors every room - put one mesh point on each floor (wired).
D_K21 1.0Agree with all of this. My 770 was nothing but problems. NETGEAR support was more interested in trying to get a floor plan of my house than actually helping (my issues had nothing to do with placement). They take forever to release new firmware and when they do, problems aren’t fixed and more problems are introduced. The price is crazy for a steaming pile of shit. I gave up and went back to Eero.
Eero. I've historically had good luck with Eero. After Amazon bought them and it was time to upgrade, I switched over to Netgear Orbi. Awful mistake. It made me appreciate Eero that much more. I picked up the Eero Pro 7 on the Prime day sale, despite being an Amazon company now. So far so good. Performance has been great. I'm not a fan of TP-Link personally since they don't have the best security track record.
Educational_Pay_7023 1.0I would recommend the Netgear Orbi 770 and it offers excellent coverage, strong performance for streaming and gaming, and the app is really easy to use. If you're looking for a more budget-friendly option, the TP-Link Deco XE70 Pro is a great alternative with solid value.
Gavram 1.0I had the exact same experience when upgrading from an old Orbi to the 770...random pauses, outages, etc, including after firmware upgrades...total garbage. Replaced it with a TP-Link and everything immediately ran smoothly.
greeneyedguru 1.0I own the same system and I agree it's fucking terrible. I walk to the other side of the house (10 feet from satellite 2) and I lose connectivity. Have to restart wifi on my phone to get it to reconnect properly. The fucking app takes 2 minutes every time you go to a different screen. Satelittes just randomly disconnect. No notifications in the app. App has no issues sending me notifications for every little device that connects to my network, but for some reason it can't notify me when a satellite is down.
harry_1511 1.0Lol I also just ditched my Orbi 770 and got a UDR7 for my second site. My main site is fully equipped with Unifi gear already.
hfc37252 1.0I went from an old Orbi RB system to the 770 and have loved it! Sorry to hear so many haven’t. But so far it’s been great for me all around.
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