Netgear Orbi 971

Pros

• I've got IPv6 and Armor enabled on my971 now as of yesterday. I checked with several devices, laptops, Pcs and iPhone 17 Pro Max and all is working currently.
• Finally figured it out!!!! one of the pins on the internet port of my ORBI 971 was bent! I straightened it out and now my WAN shows 2500M and my download speed is 700 Mbps!!!
• I’ve never really had an issue with mine (router +1 satellite) - As many devices as I can hook wired, I do, but I still have a solid connection on WiFi only devices.
• All mine all wireless backhaul and work great. I get at least 900mbps if I’m connected to a wireless satellite and haven’t had to reboot the system once since I upgraded the firmware over 2 months ago.
• I’ve got the 3 pack and it’s been working great since November of last year. I’m also running the 12.1.8.7 firmware that was pulled by Netgear and it’s been extremely solid for me

Cons

• I just moved from a 4,000sqft home to a 4,800sqft home (including basement) and just upgraded to the 971 (router + 2 satellites) and am having a nightmare experience setting these up. After being connected, they constantly connect and d...
• Successful update but my orbi 971 is still stuck with a WAN port showing 100M. getting download speed straight from my nighthawk cm3000 of 700 Mbps. when I add orbi it bottlenecks to 80Mbps
• I got the three pack and running 12.1.8.7 as well. I couldn't call this stable if I had to and as an engineer who has made high throughput Ethernet devices, I can say that this feels like a design flaw that they didn't bother to fix or a...
• Parent context: I have to reboot like 5 times a day it feels like. My connection just drops. Reply: For such a high premium cost, it is a problematic, at best, system.
• I have to reboot like 5 times a day it feels like. My connection just drops.