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Super disappointed. Am I expecting too much?
I got an orbi system to deal with dead spots in our 2 BR/1200 sf condo. I did not skimp! Got a base station and a sattelite. About $400. When Orbi works - which is about 75% of the time - its a good system. 25% of the time, however, Orbi is infuriating. Sometimes there's no connectivity and rebooting is the only remedy. Sometimes one of the satellites will go offline (magenta light) for no apparent reason. Usually it reconnects by itself, but sometimes I have do a manual reset. But here's the worst part: I have to discover and troubleshoot these problems on my own. I expected this to be more of a self-healing sysetem. If it can't be self healing, the app should at least monitor my network and tell me when there are problems. We are going on a 3 week vacation and I'm terrified leaving my network to Orbi. We have numerous home automation and security devices connected to Orbi. I'm predicting disaster when the network goes down again. Any suggestions are much appreciated.