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EERO Gen 2 Vs Orbi - What’s the Fastest WiFi Mesh System? TheWirecutter.com
TheWirecutter.com pit EERO Gen 2 vs. Orbi vs. Plume and even Google WiFi and other WiFi systems. See how Orbi Wins the WiFi Race
I was an early adopter to Orbi and the internet may not be available was so annoying I had to buy the gen 2 EERO Pro Set a few weeks back. No more random drops, just a solid connection in all corners of my home. The Orbi is now a $350 doorstop. Get your sh$£ together Netgear, this products firmware needs alot of work. Stability 1st
I bought the Orbi for the speed and the dedicated backhaul channel (and the ethernet ports. It's been stable since I got it last January, but since the end of October it frequently disconnects. I've tried every remedy people have suggested here and none have worked. It's beyond frustrating at this point and is driving me crazy. I'm not alone. For those that it's still working perfectly, I'm happy for you, because I don't want to you to go through what many of us are.
When it works, it's brilliant, but when it disconnects several times a day and leaves everything in limbo, it's a huge pain.
That's around the time the v2.0 firmware was released. That firmware apears to have reduced the range of the backhaul.
Many people have needed to change the location of their Orbi router and/or satellites so they are closer and/or have fewer walls between. Unless something changed in your RF environment, repositioning things should be the only change you need to make.
The v2.0 firmware also added the daisy-chain topology, which might work for you, but requires changing the device locations also. For daisy-chain you need to have a layout like: router <-> sat <-> sat