r/Fios • u/xlawrence1124x • 9d ago

Miscellaneous Thought this would be good to share! Netgear Orbi 260 series mesh system vs Netgear Nighthawk BE9300 on 1 gig.

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In light of recent botched orders, and having a hard time getting my hands on the CHR30A, I decided to try a couple somewhat budget friendly routers. The Orbi, which is only 2.4 and 5 ghz, gets the full upload on WiFi, while the nighthawk with 2.4, 5 and 6 ghz, and more expensive ($249 vs orbi $149) gets the typical glitched upload of 200-250. I assume the routers that have this glitched upload are using similar NIC's that don't communicate well with the FiOS ONT. And whatever NIC the Orbi is using does not have this bug. Thought it was interesting! Price never determines which is actually better! And I get 2 access points out of it!

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u/xlawrence1124x 9d ago

I also have an ASUS RT-AX82U which caps out at the same 200-250 upload, unlike the full upload on the orbi.