Post #3395984
2026-06-11 00:38 UTC
Same here. I went through 3 Netgear's and a Linksys in as many years and said no more. Moved to Ubiquiti and haven't looked back. My current dream machine of two years replaced a still working but older/slower cloud gateway of 5 yrs with AC Pro's and now a WiFi 7 AP. The last NetGear I replaced cost more than the Cloud Gateway + AC Pro. And the latter was way faster with better coverage.
Everyone's got different luck with computer gear though. I know I've had bad luck with things other people rave about, so choices are great to have.
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@happy_wheels@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-06-12 00:40
I had one 2 netgear WiFi AC routers that failed back to back, tho the first one ran for 10 years without trouble. When it died, the replacement was just... Awful. A direct downgrade in every aspect. Performance, wifi coverage was gARBAGE , it would reboot constantly, and the management ui was Fisher Priced to death. I got the Dream Machine BC it was on sale and they were about to roll out the new Dream Router. Never looked back.