We decided to use a mesh system when we connected with a fiber optic cable for WiFi. This Netgear was super easy to set up, with great directions via their app. Have great coverage throughout our home. Great product!
I live in a 4-level town house so a mesh system seemed to be the best solution. Bought the new Orbi 370 to replace an Orbi that is no longer supported (7 years old). Very easy to install and get up and running. Wish this unit had a 3rd channel for IoT devices but I can certainly live the 2 channel systems. Great performance all thru the house.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Networking seems to be more fluent, connections are seeming to be more synchronous, still adjusting to the security coverage of the ORBI 370 units.
The ORBI app was very frustrating to use when initially setting up the mesh. When prompting for configuration options the software didn't provide enough information to make an informed decision, requiring me to jump between the app and a browser to research details of the option. While doing this research the app would occasionally restart, requiring me to sign in and restart the setup process multiple times. The app also restartedtwice during the satellite integration, once when my phone Screensaver started after an extended wait for the app to complete a firmware update, and a second time for no apparent reason. Each time the app restarted I had to start the setup from the beginning, including firmware updates that had just been completed.
It would have been useful if the app had started with a summary of the tasks to be performed, details about the different options that would need to be selected and enough information to make an intelligent selection, and a notification that leaving the app (Screensaver, browsing for configuration details, accessing email or texts for sign-in data) could cause it to restart the process.