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Bye Orbi
Had the rbr50 set with router and one satellite. Never did like it and it just went out. Had extended warranty and instead of getting orbi went with eero pro, 2nd gen, 3 pro units. Virtually nothing to set up, faster. 150 down faster in the app, wired connection to modem. How so many places recommend orbi is beyond me. This was more, but worlds better.
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I'm with you. Have had the Orbi for abot 2 years. It was great in the beginning but it's turned into a complete piece of garbage. Constantly dropping, slow, etc.
I've spent hours f-ing with this garbage. Once a fan, now a hater. Can't wait to get something else.
- Yep. Was a fan at first. The best thing that has happened is the orbi going out. Best of luck to you and everyone still stuck with them. I will be running away from anything with netgear on it.
RebelDad wrote:I'm with you. Have had the Orbi for abot 2 years. It was great in the beginning but it's turned into a complete piece of garbage. Constantly dropping, slow, etc.
I've spent hours f-ing with this garbage. Once a fan, now a hater. Can't wait to get something else.
Yeah - it's quite frustrating given the cost, buggy firmwares, and the bismal 30 days support period. Almost tossed my RBK53 into the bin before I found peace with Orbi by switching it to AP mode. It's been smooth sailing thus far. YMMV.
Good luck to those who are bailing. I'm pretty sure what you'll find that ALL router manufacturers deal with firmware missteps. Go check out some of the other forums.
My advice is IF your problem is FW related, try and revert back to an earlier FW, one that you know your system was working.
IF you do stay and get it back running, leave it alone and do NOT perform manual FW updates. NG will only auto push FW that contains major updates.
IF your problem is hardware related, that's probably a warranty case.
- 1. I AM in Another forum. Eero, world of difference. It’s what orbi wishes it was. Cost more, but way better and faster. 150 down faster hard wired.
2. Obviously mine ended with hardware problems as it died. Best thing that could happen as we had the extended at best buy. Went with eero, they said far more problems with orbi.
3. Everything is better on the eero. Size, speed, setup, coverage, stability. Even the extra security is fat better, plus free 1password for family of 5, encrypt.me vpn, malwarebytes, system wide ad blocker, Anti virus, bunch of stuff fot 10 a month. Was paying 5 for 1password alone.
EVERYTHING is better.
Xsquid wrote:
1. I AM in Another forum. Eero, world of difference. It’s what orbi wishes it was. Cost more, but way better and faster. 150 down faster hard wired.
2. Obviously mine ended with hardware problems as it died. Best thing that could happen as we had the extended at best buy. Went with eero, they said far more problems with orbi.
3. Everything is better on the eero. Size, speed, setup, coverage, stability. Even the extra security is fat better, plus free 1password for family of 5, encrypt.me vpn, malwarebytes, system wide ad blocker, Anti virus, bunch of stuff fot 10 a month. Was paying 5 for 1password alone.
EVERYTHING is better.It's nice to know that you're finally at peace with Eero. Life is too short to hold a grudge against Orbi. :smileyhappy:
"My advice is IF your problem is FW related, try and revert back to an earlier FW,"
I did that for a while but it's not a good long term solution because we miss out on critical security updates. Even feature updates.
It's been months and months since firmware updates started ruining many Orbi owners experiences. If they haven't fixed it yet it's because they eithier don't care or have hardware conflicts that cause some Orbi owners to be SOL.
Orbi used to "just work". It was fast and everything connected. Now it's slow(er) and drops connections.
I'm certainly happy for those Orbi owners who have no problems. I used to be one of them and actually recommended Orbi to many people. I just need my fast internet connection to work without having to become an amateur network engineer. Too many headaches these days with Orbi and it's time to cut bait.
RebelDad wrote:"My advice is IF your problem is FW related, try and revert back to an earlier FW,"
I did that for a while but it's not a good long term solution because we miss out on critical security updates. Even feature updates.
Critical security updates are still being pushed via auto-updates. The idea of reverting was to get you back to a working FW and then leave it alone. Some think that turning off auto updates all together is a solution. The question then becomes how will you tell which FW to apply to your system?
- I shut off orbi's during free trials, love this one for 10 mo.
