Ring Door Bell

Thought I would give everyone an update....

I worked with Ring support on attempting to get the doorbell connected to the Orbi.  Nothing we tried would work.  I would go all the way through setup, but get white flashing LEDs just on the left, that state it was connected to the network, but could not reach the Internet. 

The Ring is hardwired with a good voltage and a full battery.  I even plugged in my old Netgear router with them and tried again to get it to connect, but every time it would do the same thing.  Ring support was very nice and responsive.  They sent it to their second level support and just decided to send me a replacement.

Last week I decided to return the Orbi since I have had numerous other issues with my Ring cams staying connected, and the router and satellite disconnecting or freezing up a few times a week.  I also disabled beamforming, mentioned in the other thread, and that helped the Nest Cams work like they should.  I still was not confident in the reliability of the Orbi.  Too often I would have the Nest cams or my Xbox connecting back to the main router and not utilizing the satellite sitting right next to it.  I am not sure how the router steering is setup, as there is no way to tell what the Orbi is doing, or tell a specific device to only connect to the router or satellite.  Wish those features were put in at the beginning.  I understand they could be added later, but I didn't want to wait for it to be fixed.  400$ is a lot of money.

I decided to give the Amplifi HD a try, as I need the one mesh point for the far end of my house.  Probably overkill, but why not.  So far I have not have had any issues like I did at first with the Orbi.  I decided to give my Ring doorbell another try, even though I had a replacement sitting there.  My original Ring connected on the first try to the Amplifi HD with no issues.  I can't say there still isn't an issue with the Ring I have now, but it has been working good, even connected to the mesh AP, and not the main router on the Amplifi.  Of course this doesn't make much sense to me.  The Ring would not connect to the Orbi or my old Netgear router before.  It is possible this was a combination of the Ring not being compliant with new standards on the Orbi.

Just leaving this as feedback, as I hope Netgear can fix whatever issues some devices are having with the new router.  It was a shame I had to return it and get the Amplifi.  I like the simplicity of the Amplify having an app that can manage all the settings and a guest network. For Ubiquiti's first home router they did a pretty good job.

Thanks everyone for all the feedback and help! :)