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Netgear expands Orbi family with Orbi Mesh WiFi system
It’s pretty stable but can be better. My issues with it are that it needs to be restarted fairly regularly (every couple months) as if there’s a build up in the cache.Appleish said:Curious how this system compares to Eero, which we invested in thanks to tech bloggers raving about it, but has been spotty in practice. Missing our Time Capsule, which produced a solid, stable WiFi signal.
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Netgear expands Orbi family with Orbi Mesh WiFi system
I use the Orbi modem/router combo and it uses one network ID and password. It uses software to determine best band for the device...ie smart home devices have no issues on 2.4 GHz while keeping my idevices on 5 GHz...all with same credentials.SamWebb said:The thing I like about Apple's Time Capsule is that the 2.4 and 5 GHz networks are as if combined into one. Every other wifi router I've tried keeps them separate. With the TC, I'm able to have my Epson printer and other 2.4 GHz devices not slow down my iPads and iPhones which are on the 5 GHz network, but I can still connect to those devices without having to reconnect onto the 2.4 GHz network. I'm still using the TC, but the new house I now in has thick, stone walls so the TC is sitting in the hallway. Not ideal but the only thing that works. I'd like to get a mesh WiFi network but I have a question. Do these mesh WiFi work like the TC does and allows me to have one account name for all devices (2.4 and 5 Ghz), yet keeping them on their own network? Or do you have to connect to the 2.4 GHz version of the network to do something like printing? Thanks.
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Netgear expands Orbi family with Orbi Mesh WiFi system
No it does not. They are taking preorders for their WiFi 6 Orbi though, to the tune of $700USigroucho said:Does this system support IEEE 802.11ax aka Wi-Fi 6?
https://www.netgear.com/orbi/rbk852.aspx
