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Current Orbi (RBK50) owner, thinking about switching to Nighthawk X8..thoughts?
Hi everyone! I am currently on my 2nd Orbi. The first one I bought, the 1.12 update bricked it and I was unable to use it. The same thing almost happened to the second one, but was able to get it to...
I have the D8500 and R8500.
I have found the firmware to be (mostly) stable for both devices.
I did have some problems trying to use the Broadcom wireless with Qualcomm wireless but that may have been the D7800 which I found to be (IMO) unstable.
Others have had problems with the R8500 (haven't seen anything myself on the D8500) so you should check well the forums here on that.
As far as multi-story coverage goes I can't really be of any help, all I can say is from my own experience in a fairly small house (4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, single level) both the 8500's had fairly good coverage as far as wireless AC goes.
Ian