r/NETGEAR

Body: To all fellow users of the Netgear Orbi 970: Spending several thousand US dollars to buy this so-called 'flagship' Mesh Wi-Fi, thinking it would be a once-and-for-all solution, turned out to be the beginning of a nightmare. Netgear's extremely idiotic automated design and locked-down firmware leave us with zero protection in Hong Kong's dense living environment, suffering from continuous environmental interference day after day! To summarize the core problems of this garbage system, it is a complete design flaw and misrepresentation by the manufacturer: 1. Completely lacks manual transmission power control (Tx Power Control): Unable to lower the power ourselves. In Hong Kong's densely packed public housing and private apartments, it constantly clashes with external strong APs and fights for airtime, making it impossible to operate properly. 2. Unable to freely lock bandwidth or channels: 80MHz cannot be precisely controlled manually, and it constantly forces binding to UNII-1 (Channels 36–48). In Hong Kong's urban areas, this frequency band is a complete disaster zone with massive interference! 3. Wired backhaul is ruined just the same: Even after investing heavily in a wired backhaul, the manufacturer still restricts it via firmware, refusing to release limitations to let users freely choose or free up channels (such as UNII-3), forcing all users in Hong Kong to swallow this garbage UNII-1 channel and making it impossible to completely avoid interference. This is definitely not a problem with our local environment; it is that Netgear knows about this flaw yet refuses to improve it, using locked firmware to strip consumers of their right to properly tune their networks! Having already sunk our money into this several-thousand-dollar piece of garbage, are we just going to let them keep ruining our experience? I want to recruit a group of fellow Orbi 970 users who share this experience and are victims: If you are also suffering from this brand's locked power, channel interference, throttling, and refusal to open up features, and want to seriously figure out how to take legal action (such as filing complaints with the Consumer Council, seeking legal consultation, or even exploring collective follow-up), please leave a comment below or contact me. Let's stand up, those of us with knowledge and shared resonance—don't let a multinational corporation treat us like suckers to be exploited! 

At least for their Web UI. Seems each update gets worse and worse. The longer it runs, the slower it gets until it's barely responds.

Hire programmers that know proper memory management, Netgear!

I just came across a solid deal on the Netgear Nighthawk RS600 and snagged two of them. My plan is to run one as the main router and the second as a wired AP.

My current setup is two Asus RT-BE92U units. Performance nearby is fine, but overall coverage across my ~150 sqm (around 1,600 sq ft) home has been surprisingly poor. I'm hoping the RS600 pair gives me much better range.

On top of that, Asus’s MLO implementation was terrible for me—it basically never worked, so I had to give up and split my bands into dedicated 6 GHz, 5 GHz, and 2.4 GHz (IoT) SSIDs.

For those of you who have been running the RS600 for a while:

• How has stability and uptime been? Any random reboots or drops?
• Did you notice a meaningful bump in range over previous Wi-Fi 6/6E or Wi-Fi 7 gear?
• How is the current firmware holding up, especially regarding MLO and multi-device stability?

Appreciate any insights before I unbox and deploy everything!

Recently i purchased and Archer BE6500 router. I got it all setup and connected, after I finished setting it up i did a speed test on my desktop, ps5, and on my phone. I got 1200 mbps on pc, 850 on ps5, and 760 on my phone. Now my speeds are only going to 90-95 on all of the devices. Both ps5 and pc are wired connections and phone is on wifi. Why could i be getting lower speeds now, all connections are limited at like 100 mbps. I check the connections and nothing is loose?

Hello! I’m looking at the router listed above. Right now I just have the spectrum modem/router combo.
I have the 1000mbps plan and on average I get about 200mbps when testing. However I have been having a problem with ping while playing videos games. The router in about 30ft away with a wall in between. It’s only my wife watching tv or maybe on her phone when I game.

Will this router help with the ping and lagging even with the wall?