Hi, I'm looking into replacing my Netgear Orbi RBR50 RBS50. The main reason is that it is horribly unreliable and after much time-wasting I have concluded it's because Netgear are just simply not very good at writing firmwares. I have reached the point where I am flogging a dead horse and need to look elsewhere. The main requirements are:
1. Mesh. Wireless or wired backhaul (but if the latter, it'll be using Powerline so not ideal).
2. Reliability. Specifically, when I switch it on, it must maintain a solid Wifi connection and a good uptime. (The orbi rarely gets beyond about 8 hours before it crashes and reboots.)
3. Good tech support from the manufacturer. (Tried netgear: 1 month for free only and even during that free period, the only answer I got back was "we don't know, sorry".) I need a company that support me for the duration.
4. Activity monitoring / filtering for kids.
5. Perpetual license (basically ruling out Meraki's annual license fee which would otherwise be ideal).
Not requirements:
1. Speed
2. Snazzy features
I had a look at reviews and the problem with all of them is that they all go doey-eye with pointless features or getting that extra byte per second. None seem interested in long term reliability. (Presumably because they don't do long term reliability tests.)
If anyone knows of reviews of long term reliability from people that have actually tested it (not just "my mate reckons Wifi Widget are pretty solid") I'd appreciate it if you could post it here.
Also, companies to avoid re support.
TIA
PS. I appreciate I'm asking a lot here but, hey, it's worth a try, right? ;-)
1. Mesh. Wireless or wired backhaul (but if the latter, it'll be using Powerline so not ideal).
2. Reliability. Specifically, when I switch it on, it must maintain a solid Wifi connection and a good uptime. (The orbi rarely gets beyond about 8 hours before it crashes and reboots.)
3. Good tech support from the manufacturer. (Tried netgear: 1 month for free only and even during that free period, the only answer I got back was "we don't know, sorry".) I need a company that support me for the duration.
4. Activity monitoring / filtering for kids.
5. Perpetual license (basically ruling out Meraki's annual license fee which would otherwise be ideal).
Not requirements:
1. Speed
2. Snazzy features
I had a look at reviews and the problem with all of them is that they all go doey-eye with pointless features or getting that extra byte per second. None seem interested in long term reliability. (Presumably because they don't do long term reliability tests.)
If anyone knows of reviews of long term reliability from people that have actually tested it (not just "my mate reckons Wifi Widget are pretty solid") I'd appreciate it if you could post it here.
Also, companies to avoid re support.
TIA
PS. I appreciate I'm asking a lot here but, hey, it's worth a try, right? ;-)