I have had this setup for about 6 months now. I have followed everything here and updated to the latest beta. We have had it. Just passing this on for others. We are actively looking for a replacement and I can't in good conscious replace this with the Pro version. At least 3 or 4 times a day we have to take a phone or pad off wifi and go to cellular to do any web work. Alexa comes on all the time and i'm told it's because of spotty wifi. I keep hoping the next version will fix it, but have had enough. Now what to do with 3 units i don't feel good about selling to someone else.

idahoski wrote:...I am wondering if mesh wifi just isn't a good solution. Well, it's been a phenomenal solution for me. Previously, I had a wireless router with a couple of range extenders, the devices in my house disconnected constantly, and roaming never functioned properly. With Orbi, the issues I used to have are 100% gone - it's been just about perfect thus far. Regardless, if you are fed up with the strictly mesh offerings (e.g., Google, Velop, et al), perhaps you might want to look at the ASUS routers that support AiMesh - you might get the best of both worlds there.

Looking for the same advice from this forum. I've spent too much time trying to get sdtability out of my Orbi. Velop?Lyra?Eero? I have a 2 story home. 2800 sq. ft. Orbi did a great job before eliminating dead zones. about 20 wifi devices incl. Ring, Bose Soundtouch, 2 Smart TVs, android devices plus google home devices (yes I know that may interfere) We watch some netflix. My son games but thatss a direct ethernet connection from our PC.

I had Velop- worked ok, returned it after reading reviw of Orbi. Velop is like Orbi if you can get to telnet interface -access to more features like a 5GHZ SSID.

Can you tell me what you mean by functioned okay?

Along with Orbi, I have tried Velop and Google Wifi. All worked great initially and then started to have similar problems with random disconnects. I am wondering if mesh wifi just isn't a good solution.

Actively looking for a replacement

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Blcklab
Apprentice
Jan 18, 2018
Looking for the same advice from this forum. I've spent too much time trying to get sdtability out of my Orbi.

Velop?
Lyra?
Eero?

I have a 2 story home. 2800 sq. ft. Orbi did a great job before eliminating dead zones. about 20 wifi devices incl. Ring, Bose Soundtouch, 2 Smart TVs, android devices plus google home devices (yes I know that may interfere)

We watch some netflix. My son games but thatss a direct ethernet connection from our PC.
- ALNJ2017
  Star
  Jan 18, 2018
  I had Velop- worked ok, returned it after reading reviw of Orbi.
  
  Velop is like Orbi if you can get to telnet interface -access to more features like a 5GHZ SSID.
  - Blcklab
    Apprentice
    Jan 18, 2018
    Can you tell me what you mean by functioned okay?
Blcklab
Apprentice
Jan 20, 2018
I have a 2800 sq ft 2 story home. Typical suburban stucco construction. Orbi 2 unit covered everything, when working.

Will 2 unit velop give similar coverage?
apbrenner
Aspirant
Jan 20, 2018
I started getting tons of drops after a long period of stability. Read in one of the strings that turning off the new daisy chain feature helped... so I tried it and have experienced significant improvements. Not sure why they post a firmware with new feature turned on

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