expiredBlue_Ranger posted Jan 20, 2025 08:43 PM
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expiredBlue_Ranger posted Jan 20, 2025 08:43 PM
3-Pack NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band WiFi 6 Mesh System
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My experience with Orbis is that they're awesome when they're allowed to be awesome, but the automatic hands-free installation of untested F/W hamstrings them. Unless you're able to know how to manually roll back updates and side load older stable versions that include the feature set YOU want, these can cause a lot of frustration.
If Netgear would simply change the update policy to notify BUT NOT INSALL updates it would be 10x better for users like me.
I would love to upgrade to a newer system, but not knowing if SSID splitting between 2.4 and 5.0 is supported makes me hesitant to jump in.
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FYI. The Orbi did great for 5 years but when the main unit died, it was very expensive to buy another main unit so I ended up with the TP-Link Deco X55 system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v...1l6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v...1l6
I have also managed networks wtih pfSense and openSense. Those are also free and also very powerful but managing them can be a bit of a bear. I've managed with Cisco too. I like Ubiuiti because I don't have to spend my life at the command line to install and manage these things. It's point/click and powerful. If you are the type that likes to tinker and manage at the command line then keep doing what you're doing. When the novelty wears off and you want a lot of power and it to just work, Ubiquiti is the way.
Network Chuck (I know you know Chuck) says it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n...ji4
And have to pay for tech support after 90 days. Thats how much they stand by their device.
Enjoy your mid deal.
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And of course, I could then disengage from TP-Link.
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