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What's the best alternative (Now that I'm returning Orbi ...)
Firmware 2.1.4.10 was the final straw. It re-introduced throttling in my RBR50 router that I'd previously fixed with a factory reset. Thanks to resurection of an old thread I now see that this thro...
Anthing ASUS
Agree, please suggest replacement mesh wifi systems (preferably with review links). I need very good coverage, speed not so important (have max 100Mbit/100Mbit fiber anyway)
Thanks!!
JimSweden wrote:
Agree, please suggest replacement mesh wifi systems (preferably with review links). I need very good coverage, speed not so important (have max 100Mbit/100Mbit fiber anyway)
Thanks!!
I was looking at the Velop, but it too has some issues (check out the Velop Forum). Also only 2 Ethernet ports on the router is a bit of a deal-breaker for me. I need at least 2 LAN ports (I don't want my NAS on a switch) and the more Ethernet ports, the better.
Someone also suggested D-Link's Covr. Like the Eero, it's not available in New Zealand. Dlink are also releasing an updated version of the Covr (the Covr C1203) in the next couple of months, but this really doesn't standout from the crowd since it only has a limited number of Ethernet ports.
At this stage I'm leaning towards the Ubiquiti Amplifi HD. Review Review 2
It has four Ethernet ports on the Router, but none on the Wall Plug Satellites. But according to this review you can purchase the router seperately (they're not that expensive) and you can apparently use these additional routers purely as mesh points - giving 'Orbi-like' multiple Ethernet ports on a satellite. Using additional routers as satellites in this manner, apparently also allows you to wire-connect the sats.
The down-sides are that it's not as fast as the Orbi (but fast enough) and that the Amplifi doesn't have a seperate backhaul channel. But reviews seem to indicate that it performs quite well, especially for range. There's a ton of reviews on Amazon.com's product page and it rates quite well (4.4. out of 5 with over 1000 reviews - but Orbi gets 4.3 with over 4,000 reviews, so go figure!).
Does anyone else have any experience with the Ubiquiti Amplifi HD?
The sad thing about all this is that Orbi's design is still my sweet spot. If it could just be stable with the RBW30 and and not throttle speeds after firmware updates then I'd be a happy with it. Talk about Netgear snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...
So you want to believe the Amazon reviews on a product your looking to buy, but refuse to believe the same reviews on a product you dislike? Ok.
agree, i would look there, they now have aimesh, i currently use asus dsl-ac68u for quite sometime. solid. i use the orbi simply as my wifi part now (AP mode)
unfortunately for me they don't yet do aimesh on that router, so i can't use that with a previous router of mine to create the mesh, so i'm using orbi.
i'm not getting quite the level of issues you see in the forum. good luck, and let us know what you go for and how it turns out.