NETGEAR - Orbi RBR50 AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi Router

I can send you my Orbi wifi router.  I lost its mesh network buddy somehow in the house move.  So had to buy a new one.  It's great, no complaints. Probably 4 years old?   Netgear Orbit RBR50v2 DM me your address if interested.  

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.

Damn… I’ve got the RBR20, 2 RBS50Y, 1 RBW30, 2 RBS20, and 1 RBS50 unit all full green connections covering ~0.9 acres, pool house, and 2 stories plus basement. My internet is 217d/24u. My WiFi never drops out or overloads and I’ve it now for ~5 years. I can honestly say mesh is the best idea ever (when it’s implemented correctly I suppose). Of course I didn’t start with 1 main and 6 satellites. That slowly grew. And trying to find older units that are compatible nowadays is nigh impossible (without *paying* for it). My main unit is 1/3 of the way across my first floor, one foot off the floor. A 20 is in the middle of the entire house, seven feet off the floor. The other 20 is on the second floor, eight feet off the floor. The mini 30 unit is in the middle of the basement plugged into an outlet in the ceiling. Two outdoor units connect to each other through the main, and the pool house 50 unit connects to the outdoor (that’s main to outdoor 1 to outdoor 2 to poolhouse, and the connection is flawless). So don’t let anyone tell you about maximum number or stringed connections. I have three satellites in sequence, and six total satellites.

I too have recently purchased an ASUS ZenWiFi BE14000 and have been experiencing connection issues. This biggest problem is it's not consistant, and might only lag for 5 seconds, so running speed test does not help. This is becoming a big problem with Zoom and Teams calls. My old 8year old Orbi RBR50 never had these issues. I've tried all the quick steps for resolve. Considering returning this and going back to Orbi. I really like the ASUS application and parental controls which is a shame.

I'm using an Orbi RBR50. I have an AppleTV, 1st gen HomePod, 2 HomePod Minis, Meross Fan/LightSwitch, Lutron Hub with two light switches, Aqara M3 hub with lock, light and presence sensor, doorbell, and a TV. Everything works well. I have a Hue hub for a light strip that stopped working. I'm pretty sure the light strip is the problem. At any given time, I have 30 devices on the network. As I said, everything seems to work well, but I am concerned that my network is not really secure. I've read mixed reviews on the Netgear Armor system. I'm unsure if I want to go down that route or look into something else. Although it seems cool, I'm not ready to start investing/playing with Ubiquiti. I find it interesting that so many people here are using Ubiquiti. I was certain I read somewhere that it didn't provide native HomeKit support.

Netgear switches - great Netgear Pro AV - great Netgear consumer Orbi - total shit

Had an ORBI for many years, its had numerous minor issues over the years but it finally stopped functioing a month or two ago and I go myself an Archer AX10, quite happy with setup and no issues so far.

I love the Synology management features but I have found their range and signal strength is horrible compared to other mesh systems and I have a lot of hiccups with Apple devices that I didn’t have on the Orbi. I just didn’t like paying for parental controls so I switched. Now that my kids are older, I’m considering going back to Orbi or trying out Eero.

It depends on what you want. I have a Nether Mesh system that I disabled the router function on and use a home built pFSense unit running on a micro pc with multiple LAN ports. I don’t get full functionality out of it and I intend to learn more about it. Works great. The NetGear Orbi series is a good base to learn from

If you are going to depend on WIFI mesh is a great choice. Main with one remote with 1700 ft is probably great but one with two even better. You don't necessarily need all the newest wifi whistles and bells but the user interface on the newer mesh systems is a huge help. My orbi system has all kinds of things like idiot lights that while I don't need them still are nice.