UPDATE 8/26/21 — I know a lot of people report firmware problems with the Orbi, and it seemed like what I was experiencing was exactly what they described. However, I eventually tried the Eero Pro 6 mesh instead which did NOT fix the problem, nor did another standalone router. I assumed I was having router problems, because my Spectrum modem was NOT showing that it was off-line when the router was going out. A spectrum technician eventually figured out that I was having upload failures due to overuse of the nearby node, and I also had a slightly faulty line to my house (squirrel damage). Because I was never fully losing the download component, but my upload speed was bogging down to almost 0, the Spectrum modem kept showing online but the router could detect there was a problem so it would show off-line. If I rebooted either the modem or the router, it seemed to fix my problem temporarily, which was weird, but I was having to reset some piece of equipment about 5-10 times every day. I had spectrum drop a new line from the pole to my house, which has partly resolved my problem, but my specific issue will continue until they build out their network better in my suburban area. The Orbi does not seem to get the advertised speeds once you get 20-30 feet from a unit (drops from 900 to 450ish), but it had better speeds compared to the Eero Pro 6 by a large margin (600 near router, 150 farther away).DO NOT BUY! This thing has been a monstrous pain, which is super annoying because I paid almost $1000 for the three pack (router plus 2 satellites) and it has been consistently unstable. I’ve spent dozens of hours messing with this thing and reading forums since I got it in April, and it just will not hold a stable connection. I have Spectrum gigabit Internet service which is blazing fast, and I test in the 600-900+ Mbps download speed range depending on time of day. The Orby does disseminate the Wi-Fi signal across my old house and through plaster walls and what not, with every part of my house getting at least 200 Mbps. HOWEVER, the stupid Orbi loses the connection 3-5 times per day, or more, where I can see on my modem that my Internet is stably connected but the Orbi has the magenta light and my wifi is down. This is a HUGE problem because it cuts off my computer when I’m doing work, and cuts off all my Ring cameras if I’m not home and I can’t be around to reset the router. I’m currently using all the standard settings on the Orbi, but I have tried just about every trick I can find on every forum from Google some point or another, and nothing fixes the problem. It’s not like I’m some idiot, I’m a reasonably tech savvy physician in my 30s that ought to be able to troubleshoot the stuff, but you have to be an IT engineer or something to fix this. A quick Google search will show you that there are MANY people having this problem, and there is basically no suggested fix. NETGEAR needs to fix this with a firmware update, no excuses. Seems the issue has something to do with bad DHCP protocols, inability to have separate SSID for 2.4/5 GHz channels (Which people actually figured out how to work around, then Netgear did a firmware update to purposely block the workaround!), terrible firmware updates since 12/2019 that have only worsened matters, etc. and that should NOT be the end-user’s problem. Honestly I’m nauseated but I wasted the money and it has been such a bad product. It makes me sick, I’ll probably eventually buy a Google nest, because although I wanted the speed that Orbi promised, NETGEAR failed with this one bigtime.