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Buh-bye Orbi
I've finally had enough with the flaky firmware and random reboots and my router/satellite combo has become an expensive lesson to no longer trust the Netgear brand. It really is a shame that a produ...
FWIW, you're making the right call. Netgear should refund you, but you may not be up for the effort required to make that happen.
If you bought the device in the same place that allows reviews, PLEASE POST A REVIEW OF YOUR EXPERIENCES. Due to the flood of positive reviews on places like Amazon, buyers don't get a sense of what they're in for.
It's not always a FW or HW issue. There are many factors that can cause routers and wifi device to not work.
Many reviews are reflections of users who probably have had good experiences with there systems. I presume there are some reviews what aren't good either. The forums are here to help identify what is the real cause of the issues presented by users.
Been enjoying my Orbi system since installation.
t_kwrote:
FWIW, you're making the right call. Netgear should refund you, but you may not be up for the effort required to make that happen.
If you bought the device in the same place that allows reviews, PLEASE POST A REVIEW OF YOUR EXPERIENCES. Due to the flood of positive reviews on places like Amazon, buyers don't get a sense of what they're in for.
I've been enoying interruption-free connections since switching to Google WiFi.
Orbi was fine when it was working, just extremely unreliable with the router rebooting on its own at random times. I can accept occasional WiFi glitches, but the router should be at least as reliable as a broadband modem, in other words it should be rock solid.
