NETGEAR - Orbi 770 Series

I had good luck with Eero, but the problem with Eero is that unless you’re looking to spend serious $ on a Max 7 set, the ports are somewhat limited. The Pro 6E, for instance, has one 2.5gb and one 1gb port. You need to choose between more internal bandwidth or handling up to 2.5gb internet bandwidth but limiting your internal wired devices to 1gb.  I went with the Netgear Orbi 770 last year since every port is 2.5gb. It has been great. 

Avoid Netgear at all costs. They appear to be incapable of getting the firmware right for their WiFi 7 units.  I got an Orbi 770 and gave up. I went back to Eero with the Pro 7. Back to stable WiFi. 

Apple compatibility should be nothing to be concerned with. All this WiFi crap has to meet standards or nothing would talk. Your biggest issue with mesh is getting good WiFi paths back to the router. With mesh, you have two WiFi problems -- Client to mesh node and mesh node to router. Most people will recommend that you eliminate the mesh part and wire the connection from node to router for best coverage if you're able to. It's also generally cheaper to do this since you can get a simple AP setup. If you can't eliminate mesh then you should get something that's WiFi 7 and uses both the 5Ghz and 6Ghz bands (the Orbi 770 is tri-band so it does).

I switched to Eero 7 stuff, running 2x Eero Max 7 and 2x Eero Outdoor 7 in AP only mode w/ UniFi UCG-Fiber for my router/gw. No regrets. SO MUCH more stable than the Orbi 770 with its hourly lag/packet loss issues. The roaming is second to none. I've tested it thoroughly and I'm impressed. I know it seems basic, but it's stable and seamless. Performance is roughly on par with the Wi-Fi devices I have at least. I pull 1.3-1.5 Gbps on 6 GHz Wi-Fi 6E, 2.2-2.3 Gbps on 5/6 GHz Wi-Fi 7 MLO, and somewhere between 900 and 1200 Mbps on 5 GHz Wi-Fi 6/6E (honestly not sure what that mode even is linking as standard wise, but that's on my outdoor APs). The wireless backhaul performance is not as strong but it's way more stable. I've got wired backhaul for my important segment anyway.

They have flaws beyond that though. I get an hourly lag/packet loss spike that lasts 20-30 seconds on my 770 satellite even after segmenting or removing all other devices from my network other than my gaming box. No firmware, beta or not, has addressed it. This occurs on the 970 system as well for a lot of people. Netgear engineering engaged me for a minute with a few sporadic replies, but then ghosted me. I switched to Eero stuff. Good riddance, not to be flippant. But I wasted a lot of my life and spare time trying to diagnose that issue.

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.

I have a specific problem, I have 2Gig connection, I use cat 6 wires for most of tvs and computers, I recently got a eero pro 7, I have ring outdoor cameras and they play shitty with my eeros, also WeMo's keep dropping with eero, I tried Orbi 770 and even worst experience of dropped connection more often. Does any one has a suggestion for me to replace eero pro 7 that works well with ring cameras and WeMo's?

The Orbi 770/870 have great range but the buffer bloat is terrible. I returned mine and purchased an eero 7 Pro 3-pack. It’s been easy-sailing since then.

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 have an Orbi Wifi 7 Mesh and it works well for me. Might want to think twice about TP Link. The government is considering a ban. [https://www.wired.com/story/tp-link-router-ban-investigation/](https://www.wired.com/story/tp-link-router-ban-investigation/)

i've had nothing but problems with my net gear wi-fi 7, after few weeks stuff buffers for split second, social media doesn't load immediately, i also have the net gear wi-fi 6 AX5400 router and works fine. seems walmarts website also has allot of complaints about wi-fi 7, and seeing that you actually have to have devices that use wi-fi 7, which technically none do, im going back to wi-fi 6, ether a new net gear router from amazon or MSI gaming routers or something.

I got a $110 wifi 7 Netgear router from Walmart. It works fine with my Spectrum cable modem.

Take their free modem, put a surge protector on the incoming coax, buy a router of your own. I got a wifi 7 Netgear at Walmart for $110. Get whatever bandwidth you can afford, as it sounds like you'll be using it. When/ if Spectrum brings fiber, it's their equipment they'll replace, not yours.