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What you can expect with your Orbi system
I'm writing this mainly because a post like this would have saved me a lot of time and effort. If you're thinking about buying an Orbi system, or recently purchased one, here's a few things you can e...
Only had my system for a few weeks, but have to say it is doing exactly what I expected, which is to simply work. Knock on wood, I haven't had a single problem, and the sytem even auto updated to the latest firmware and just keeps on trucking. So far I am extremely pleased with my Orbi system. It resolved the view nagging wireless speed issues I was having at the far end of my house.
Had mine since spring last year - I had some early instability issues with iPhones which were solved fairly quickly and was hit by the recent google bugs, also easily solved.
Other than that, our system has been rock solid. I'm running the latest 2.1 firmware. I work from home most days and run remote desktops via VPN via wifi so I would know pretty much instantly if the network was lost. We have lots of roaming going on and I can't say I see any major issues. We have occasional 4k multicast traffic running over ethernet and 3 kids who appear to be constantly running Netflix on wifi all over the house.. Again no major issues.
So, undoubtedly issues exist for some users, however, my point is that your mileage might vary. I am *currently* very happy with the Orbi.
wrote:... I work from home most days and run remote desktops via VPN via wifi so I would know pretty much instantly if the network was lost....
martyfp - Just a friendly ping in case you didn't see my last message. Can you confirm wether or not the Orbi you work off all day long is your router or a sattelite AP?
martyfp - I'm going to make an guess about your setup and I'd like to know if I'm right or wrong:
The Orbi your connected to when working all day long is the router, not a sattelite, correct?
If I'm right, I'd bet everything is working. No layer 2 issues would come into play there. My wife and I noticed that if we worked near the router all day, we also had a fine expeirence. But then it's just a single AP system and we're better off getting an X8 or something.
