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Orbi and NAS vs. R7000P and USB Network Drive
First post by new member. I currently use a Time Capsule for wifi and about 600GB of Time Machine backups from three Macs, plus a USB drive plugged into the Time Capsule for about 150GB of shared fi...
Over all any NAS thats network connected will have best berformances over USB. LAN connected devices benefit from the wired 1Gb performances. USB is good however has been known to be a bottle neck. Also LAN doesn't need drivers for making connections. Fairly plug in play and easy to work with.
Orbi desn't support USB connected drives at this time. Been users asking about it. Nothing seen from NG. I prefer NAS and network connected storage for streaming. I have a 5000sq ft home. Orbi router at one end and 40 feet at the other is a satellite. DISH Hopper and 3 Joeys, all LAN connected. NAS behind the Orbi router. Zero problems in streaming anything.
I believe the Orbi has much better wifi range and performance than the 7 series router. Also the 7 series router is just dual band and no mesh. While Orbi is tri band and MESH. Yes the 3rd radio is only used for wireless back haul even if you wire connect a satellite. However you get better range and flexibility with an Orbi system.
FURRYe38,
Thanks for your perspective. I am leaning toward the Orbi/NAS setup.
I have wanted to try NAS for a while. My online research indicates the Orbi/NAS should work well, but the more I read various forum comments I see a minority of people who say the Orbi does not work for them, or even that the Nighthawk R7000P does not work for them. I'm inclined to go with the mainline reviews, recognizing there will always be a few people, hopefully not including me, who have problems with any particular setup.
There are others who have had good experiences as well. Yes there are some with problems however some of us have helped other get there sytems working well.
Find a place that has a good refund policy, amazon does and you get try one out. If it's not to your liking, then you have the option to return it.
I got my friends Orbi system runnign well, zero issues.
if you use a external ethernet switch, be sure its a non managed, non green feature supporing switch.
Let us now how it goes.