Had this for a few weeks. We kept loosing connection, so we thought it was the ISP. after using the app to remotely access, it became obvious that the issues was with the WiFi signal.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from netgear.comBy NETGEAR Team, June 1, 2020
Hi Kyle.
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Bough this kit specifically because I have a few underground eth lines to outbuildings, and I wanted a single mesh network for all of them. Unfortunately it does not do that, that feature came in with the 2nd generation (RBK2*). Great Price-point though.
Response from netgear.comBy NETGEAR Team, May 26, 2020
Hi LexT,
We appreciate your feedback and we want you to know that your experience is important to us. We are sorry to hear that you had a difficult experience. Many helpful resources can be found on our support pages.
If you need further assistance, please log in to MyNETGEAR and click support for additional resources or to contact one of our support experts. They will be happy to help.
While I like the router and easy set up, I noticed my 5G channel is stuck in one of the poor channels and it is greyed out. Any suggestion to change the 5G channel?
My 1980s house has great insulation, including a lovely kitchen with granite liberally in the only area my phone/router can come up from the basement. I have struggled with reception throughout the house until I found Orbi. This is my second system and it just keeps getting better. 150-200Kbps in all 3 floors (basement included) of the 4000 square foot home.
I went from one user on my network to a house full. Changing to the Netgear as really stepped things up. Half my house had almost no signal and the speed was terrible with everyone trying to use it at once. We don’t have those issues anymore. I’m really glad by son recommended this.
I live in a home that is over 100 years out with thick plastered walls. I tried many other products that failed. The Orbi fixed all my headaches. This device is awesome!
We were delighted that we could get our Orbi system up and running within minutes without any assistance. We downloaded the app and it walked us through the setup, step by step. We had our system working within minutes of taking it out of the box!