ORBI RBR20... a very expensive brick?

Full disclusure.. I'm mainly here to vent, since i've since tries all the solutions I could find on this website.

I got the ORBI Router & Satellite set from amazon and tried to set it up with a Huawei router... and that was a week agao.

At the end of the install steps via app the ORBI network could not be found. I can see the orbi network on Wifi, but the given network password would not work. I tried three factory resets (two blinking amber, one solid red) to no avail. I tried power cycling and repeating the installation steps several times. both the router and satellites seem to be working fine.

I tried accessing the router via a computer (disconnected from all networks and attached to the router via cable) but it could not find either 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.0.1

I tried login in to the visible ORBI network via cell using any combination of usernames and passwords suggested on this website (admin, the factory network password, the word 'Password' and the credentials for my Huawei network).

As far as I can tell I am sitting on three very expensive bricks... which was a disappointment since I've had great satisfaction with other Netgear products in the past years.