Not an expert but sharing my very recent experience.
I had an old nighthawk Netgear router from 2018 that started to act up, so I got a newer WiFi 7 router from Netgear (RS90) and it was even worse than the old one. After hours on the phone with tech support they couldn’t do much, so I returned it and went with a TP-Link WiFi 6 mesh (Deco X55 AX3000) and it has been working great.
I have had the orbi 973 system since it came out ...
Absolutely love it ... I did have one issue with the router last year and netgear replaced it... I installed a fan on it and never had a problem since.
I did purchase a 800 series orbi about 3 years ago and returned it, nothing but problems . This 973 orbi is the best..
Before this orbi 973 I had the Asus et12 that is also a great router but only wifi 6E not 7
Routers and wifi are very difficult today ....
I have lots (45 plus) of devices on the orbi 973, no problems at all....
When I bought my own house, I ran into the problem, that the main stream fancy brands had nothing in their product portfolio, that would meet my requirements (2.5 GBit fiber connection and I wanted a 2.5 Gbit network in my house).
Ended up with Netgear Orbi 970 with 3 Satellites (192 m² house, one satellite is in my garage). Yes, it is expensive as hell, but it outperforms everything I've used by miles.
When I build my new computer and hadn't connected the network cable and was running on WLAN only, I still had 2.2 GBit/s download speed, which was insane.
Gaming with that setup is a dream.
I have an Orbi 970. Thought it was garbage and bought ubiquiti. Turns out it was my modem that was having issues. Been wanting to sell it for a while now.
We run the Orbi 970 in our home and it is fantastic. We are high usage people. We have a large house, and it covers completely along with our outside pool area. My sister has the 770 and it does just as well for her situation, which sounds about, like the OP situation.
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