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I have a Netgear Orbi mesh setup. It’s a router (Rbr750) and 2 satellites although I’m using them in access-point mode with a Fritzbox router (from my isp). My
by aosaigh 5y ago
I have a Netgear Orbi mesh setup. It’s a router (Rbr750) and 2 satellites although I’m using them in access-point mode with a Fritzbox router (from my isp).
My apartment it small but I was sick of having spotty Wifi everywhere I’ve lived. Also the ADSL point was in the worst possible location and I can’t wire any Ethernet up so I wanted something decent. I could have done with only one satellite but my Synology NAS needs a wired connection (can’t use a WiFi dongle) so I bought a third specifically for that.
It’s been relatively pain free and reliable. I get 700/200mbps over WiFi on a good day (on non WiFi 6 devices). My ADSL is only 60MBps so it certainly handles that fine.
I’d rather set-it-and-forget-it so for that they’ve been good. Netgear do have some annoying subscription services (firewall?) but I don’t pay for that. Their interface and usability is so-so and the setup was frustrating but it’s been solid since then.
I spent a lot of time looking at options, and like you I noticed that nothing stood out. Every product had a compromise of some sort. Like I mentioned, I’d rather have something that I don’t have to think about too much rather than tinker with settings so I’m that regard I’m happy and would recommend checking them out.