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ORBI vs Nighthawk
I had chatted with a Netgear support person about our Nighthawk AC1900. I was hoping to extend our wifi signal to outlying areas in our yard and our barn that is about 200 feet from our router. I wa...
Nighthawk firmware is very much stable and abundant with good faction while Orbi is making lot of people suffering internet droping or rebooting.
My Orbi worked great for first 2 month and cover my house(3x1500ft ) 100%. Everyone of my family gave better comments compare Nighthawk+Ex7300. But recently the connect between satellite and router was quite not stable, droping also happen frequently. sometimes makes me miss my Nighthawk R7000+Ex7300
I certainly don't disagree with you regarding firmware stability. Also the Orbi doesn't offer QOS features which I have to assume is a coming feature since the option is included in the management menus. I hate to swap out equipment again but if my Orbi loses connectivity again after all I've gone through to gain some stability after more than a year of having this up and running, then I will probably move back to the Nighthawk series since they have proven track record of stability and reliability over the years. Until then I guess I'll just keep things the way they are since I've got the Orbi router installed in the back of a 1500 sq foot house and a single Satellite in the front of the house that provides wifi connectivity to wireless cameras mounted to the front of the house facing the street. Outside of that I'm not sure what else I could do with Orbi. And just to be clear, prior to replacing my previous cable modem with a different brand/model, I was losing connectivity to both wired and wireless devices. So that might be an option for those still experiencing issues. My Ubee cable modem was replaced with an Arris which I prefer anyway.