Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi System (RBK50, RBK53, etc.)

I love my Orbi system and my sister was able to install one with absolutely minimum technical skills. The idiot lights that are included with some models make finding a workable location for satellite(s) and the app is great for diagnostics.... Very user friendly.

I understand that you may have had a bad experience. But you might want to do a bit of research. Yes, my older system no longer does firmware upgrades and I'd have to check with netgear to see if getting an additional satellite works with my older ones. But, I just looked and I can still find compatible satellites and even one rated for outdoor use. Neither of those are big concerns as I can get wifi 50 meters into my back yard....yes, slower at that range but it works for my cell phone for WiFi calling. But the biggest item is my RBR50 and it's two satellites still work and while I'm only using 300 gbps internet, I still get 270 gbps on wifi throughout my house and it's 9 years old.

Apologist with Stockholm syndrome huh? You did make me laugh with that concept. I'll assume you wanted to hit me with some big words. I am now fully bloodied but unbowed. Again.....9 years of bullet proof service for my Orbi system and 6 years watching my sister with hers. I will let you think you somehow won the discussion. But I think you fail one of the primary rules: Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

You will hear the prosumers always say APs. But I've got friends and relatives that I would not even try to support with a commercial AP. For the tech challenged I recommend the mesh systems. My particular recommendation has been the Orbi systems by netgear. My sister who struggles with almost all technology was able to take an Orbi system out the box, follow the directions to install the app on her phone and have it running in under an hour and in a very large home (main router with two satellites). She just walked around her home plugging the satellite units in and looking for the idiot lights to indicate success or failure. Saying that, the Eero systems are a tad cheaper and appear to be not that much of a challenge. The TP link Deco series... a tad more but same deal about challenges. One thing I would warn about is the wifi 7 series in all of those brands are faster but won't cover as much home as the frequency used is higher and absorbed more passing through walls.

I’m using 4 Eero Pro 7s and they are great, much faster than my old Orbi RBR50s. A lot of people say, though, that if you’re going for the Pro 7s, you might as well go for the MAXs for a significant performance boost. I just couldn’t justify the cost.

I did have similar issues with my first Orbi which was an RBK50 it was fine for 1-2 days when dropped down to 1/4 of my speed. Rebooted it was fine again. Always happened. Tried a different router and that was fine for a wee but again the Orbi dropped to 1/4 speeds after 2 days when I changed back. (On all devices including wired) I read that someone was having the same issues on another brand mesh system and he replaced the LAN cable from the Fibre ONT to router and he was fine. That’s what I did and I never had a trouble with that set again. Went fine for another couple years until I upgraded to the 860 series haven’t had issues with this one yet

I have and RBR850 with two satellites. Upgraded from the RBR50. Had issues on the first one with drop outs and random reboots and I work from home so it was pretty annoying. I put them in AP mode behind a TPLink router I had. All was fine. New home and Gigbit fibre thought I should upgrade the wifi speeds. Now I have the Satellites back haul wired but still getting drip outs a few times a week at best sometimes multiple times a day. I read on another thread about the Ubiquity Cloud Gateway Fiber and using that as the router and putting the Orbi’s into AP mode. The best combination of a solid router that doesn’t have issues plus exceptional management capabilities and still great Wi-Fi speeds. So I ordered one and it comes next week.

Wow I am you!!!! I literally upgraded from RBR50 with 2 satellites. To Dream Routers 7 and 3 APs with injectors a month ago. I will say I was not expecting the cost, which is equivalent to the cost of 990. Facts on what everyone else said. Just leave NetGear alone.