NETGEAR Orbi 6 Mesh Triband WiFi System (RBK763S) – Router
NETGEAR Orbi 6 Mesh Triband WiFi System (RBK763S) – Router with 2 Satellite Extenders, WiFi 6 AX5400 up to 5.4 Gbps | Coverage up to 7,500sq ft and up to 75 devices
Very easy to configure and fixed my wifi range problem. I can now get wifi in the garden and the garage which was never possible with my ISP’s basic uni
This is my second Orbi system (upgrade from the excellent RBR50 to RBR760).
This provides superb WIFI coverage and speed to make the most of full fibre connection..
Setup is made much easier using the free App WIFIsweetspots to help position the Orbi’s for Best coverage & speed.
Easy to setup and use. Great signal strength for me in a tricky location. This does exactly what I wanted it to do.
Only one gripe for me – it emits a blue light and I can’t find a way to switch this off. In a bedroom you might find this kind of annoying.
I’ve spent 1,000 on this and for the life of me can’t get it to work properly. I’ve had it for over 90 days so Netgear won’t help unless I pay for their support package. What a crappy system!
I have used multiple wireless mesh over the past few months, eero, Tenda, Asus And none of them do the job that netgear do! having the backhaul network allows me to utilise the full speed of my connection across my whole house… The only downside… I could afford the 3 pack at the time, but I will be ordering that soon!
I bought this mesh system to replace my powerline WiFi range extenders when they stopped working after a firmware update. The mesh system means my phone no longer needs to switch from the main router to the powerline network as I move around my house since every node of the mesh is on the same network. The speed and reliability have been great so far.
Got this set up as my Virgin wifi kept dropping out, even after they sent out a new router. The signal would randomly drop out on my Samsung S22 and Tab A8.
This has fixed all problems and on WiFi I now get 246 mbps in every room of my house. Which has walls over 600mm thick and is 250 sqm in footprint.
Yes the Orbs are a bit big and need to be plugged in. But I haven’t had a drop out or and issue in a month since it was Installed.
Drop outs on the Virgin router were around 10 to 12 a day.
Plus I now have strong WiFi at the bottom of the garden some 12m away, which I didn’t have before.
Would highly recommend
I have been using a single non-meshed WiFi previously and this is game changer. With the ultra fast AX4200 I now get coverage everywhere in the house, Garden and in the garden shed/office. The Security of this mesh system is unparalleled too the Armor software already blocked quite a lot of external malware attacks which I wasn’t even aware of previously. Very good product but it comes with its higher price but you get what you pay. Premium technology.
I recently purchased the NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System AX4200 and I am absolutely blown away by its performance! The setup was a breeze and the app makes it incredibly easy to manage the network.
I have a large home and in the past, I struggled with weak or nonexistent WiFi signals in certain rooms. That is no longer an issue since installing this system. I now have a fast, stable, and consistent connection throughout my entire home.
The AX4200 also provides incredibly fast speeds, making it perfect for demanding activities like gaming, streaming 4K video, and working from home. I was also pleasantly surprised by its ability to handle multiple devices without any lag or buffering.
Overall, I am extremely satisfied with my purchase and highly recommend the NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System AX4200 to anyone in need of a top-of-the-line WiFi solution. It is a game changer!
The set up was straight forward. I did have one issue. You have the option to use your old Wi-Fi name and password, this would have been helpful as I have a number of devices through out the home. The devices were stuck trying to get to the old gateway of the previous Wi-Fi set up. I resent the hub and satellite back to factory settings and set up with the new Orbi name. All worked fine, easy to set devices to the new Wi-Fi name. Now we don’t experience drop outs or speed issues. Well worth the purchase.
Having been used to Apple routers and their ease of installation and use, it was with a fair measure of trepidation and resignation that I opened the Orbi package for installation. Imagine my surprise when the entire installation happened in a jiffy with no issues whatsoever. The Orbi app was great. Connection to my provider was also smooth. And when I connected the satellite in another room with an Ethernet cable, recognition was immediate and seamless. Speed were amazing. Guest wireless setup was also simple. No meaningless questions on the setup were asked. In short an ‘apple’ like experience!! As go from room to room the handoff has been seamless and speeds amazing. Highly recommend this product.
After much research I decided to opt for this system. It’s a breeze to set up, has a great app but more importantly it works really well.
Before I had a BT whole home system, over the years it was very troublesome with auto updates messing things up. The final straw was when two of the satellites stopped working and the main one had to be constantly rebooted.
With the new netgear Orbi whilst setting it up I changed the password and name to the same as the BT unit it replace. That meant all my equipment logged straight into it, brilliant! As I’ve a lot of gear! Solar panels, alarm, Tesla Powerwall, and a number of other things. Can’t recommend Netgear Orbi mesh enough.
Previously we had two different access points using isp router and a power line adapter with wifi. The connectivity was patchy – some areas of the house there was no wifi – where there was wifi the speeds were well below the 76Gbps coming into the house. The “Customers” (wife and son) were constantly complaining about it so in the end I bit the bullet and bought this Orbi 753 Mesh WiFi setup in the black Friday deal. It took about 20mins in total to set it up using the instructions on the phone app. Now we have one access point name all over the house – 74Gbps all over the house – Rock solid performance all over the house. Superb. I bought these particular ones on the back of another review which pointed out I probably didn’t need to go for the latest top of the range model as my requirements are not that high and I’m glad I took that advice. These are more than enough and at a fraction of the cost 439 as opposed to 1699. Really happy with this purchase.
Well after my trusty Google Wifi finally gave up the Ghost, after much research, I settled on Netgear.
Setup. Easy to do, plug in the Router version, connect to your Modem (Virgin in my case) and switch on. The app takes you through, the initial setup, firmware updates if needed and then adds the satellites. Took about 25 minutes from start to finish
Config. This is probably where the app lets you down a touch, however, in true Netgear fashion you have a web browser interface which is awesome. So any peculiar config, firewall rules, static IP, or port forwarding I would use the web browser over the app.
Stability. Rock solid, couple of reboots after Virgin dropped, outside of that solid as rock!
Recommended, so much, I ended up buying the Quad band version!
Bought this to replace the ISP delivered Eero as I could not get a wifi speed more than 300-400mbit even within 1 meter of the eero 6 router.
With this Orbi I can sit 5 meters away and get 500mbit speeds even outside through a brick wall i get over 300mbit.
This Orbi also have 3 1gbit ethernet ports as well which is just what I need.
The Orbi satellites are easy to set up just need to keep them close to the main router when adding them at first.
Quality is very good and feels solid.
The Orbi can be set up either through an App or through the web browser.
there is no manual delivered with this but it was easy enough to download it as a PDF from the website.
Replaced a brand new Nest WiFi Pro 6 with this. The Orbi has better range, is easier to set up (remarkably), has more flexible configuration and actually provides accurate network and device information, unlike the kit it is replacing. Now I have a functional, reliable mesh network from Netgear and all I’m waiting for is Google to give me my money back for their kit. Definitely recommend and I really should have bought Orbi in the first place. Only criticism is the subscription parental controls, additional security services and support after the initial 90 days, but I don’t need the first and can manage without the second and third so not a problem for me.
The installation is a simple as can be. Download app and follow the instructions. Also, the system seems robust and the transmitter and remote units both reboot perfectly after power interruptions.
I’m slightly disappointed by the power output / range of the remote unit, but it does just about what I need it to do, so I’m a very happy, if not totally ecstatic, buyer.
Having recently moved in to our new house, the location the BT router has to go in is rather bizzare. Due to this, the signal is blocked heavily and it’s not a big house either.
Having done some research, this felt like the best option. Granted it’s not cheap but it appeared to be the easiest to install and manage. I’ve always been shy delving into routers, mesh systems and the like, so I must admit I wasn’t sure how successful this would be.
To my surprise and credit to Netgear, it was extremely easy to install; just follow the steps exactly as they request them. I did have some teething issues but hands up, this was my fault for trying to skip steps.
Not only has my signal improved to better than before, with the satellites, we’re getting this same speed throughout the house!
Amazing kit and I’m kicking myself for not buying sooner!
It’s widely known that the hubs supplied by Virgin Media are not great at strong stable wifi signals. I even had the new pods, which my opinion is they caused more issues than solved. I finally made the decision to buy a mesh network system and definitely it has helped a lot. Wifi signal stability and coverage is noticeably better and while the router and 2 satellites cannot push out the maximum speed of the broadband coming in to the house, it does pretty well. I have a 1gb line, and the house has 300mb on the first and second floor. Ground floor has anywhere between 500-800. Ethernet from the Netgear hub throws out a whooping 800mb. This is about 30-40% better than the Hub4 and stability is unquestionable. I looked into this further and this particular Netgear model doesn’t have a 160mhz channel (I think because it is used for something called a backbone – not sure exactly but something to do with router/satellite workings). I feed an ethernet cable to the first floor that runs a separate router (one that has 160mhz). When it configured this router to 80mhz, max speed was about 300-400mb. At 160mhz, it doubled. Personally, I’m not so hung up on the speed rather 1) the stability 2) coverage and 3) getting what you pay for is definitely key.
I’d been using a Netgear Orbi system for about six years, and decided I wanted to upgrade to the newer wi-fi 6 version. I work from home, and I don’t like trusting computing hardware as old as my existing system, and I wanted to take advantage of the faster speeds and better handling of multiple devices. While there was a bit of a setup issue, Netgear support helped me sort it out quickly.
I’m in a big, old house with thick walls, and with this new system, I get higher speeds and better range. The range in my garden is noticeably better, and the coverage in the furthest rooms is faster and more reliable.
We required a solution to poor signal throughout the house from our virgin router and to link extenders. We have thick walls and quite a lot of dead spots.
After a lot of research we settled on the orbi 753 (3 pack). The set up was so easy and it was just a case adding the devices to the new network. Full speeds were now being achieved throughout the house even through the worst deadspot areas we had previously.
The price is quite expensive but I wanted a mesh that could work well, maintain the speeds we pay for (350mbps) and was easy to setup. After a week of use there have been no complaints of laggy gaming, or Netflix and other streaming systems losing connection to the network, problems that were all too common before we had the Netgear orbi. Can even get a signal in my garden which I was impressed with. Fingers crossed performance is maintained.
Overall – delighted with this investment and happy in the knowledge that with the WiFi 6 mesh it will provide some future proofing for many future devices.
This product is simply amazingly. It’s easy to set-up and does exactly as advertised, fast internet everywhere inside and out . On top of that their support is top class – I had and account query. NETGEAR support staff were knowledge and super helpful. Well done NETGEAR !!
Setup – very clear and easy to follow instructions. TBH the orbi simply installed itself. All I did was plug it in, connect the Orbi to my internet router (one cable), register my details and after performing an automated firmware update and auto detection of Orbi satellites the mesh network was ready to rock and roll. Took about 15 to 20 minutes for the auto installation. This is very helpful as I have zero IT knowledge.
ORBI App – Very easy to setup, clean interface, helpful information and very easy to use. Has not failed on my yet. 5 stars easily.
Product – the ORBI Router and satellites are on the big side, but they work so extremely well I am more than happy to live with their size. In fact I have hidden them within a wardrobe and behind a display unit and they still work amazingly well. I get full blown internet at the back of my 100ft garden.
Overall – extremally happy with the product and NETGEAR support. Seriously just this equipment if you have a solid, fast internet throughout your house both inside and out.
I bought the RBR753 Orbi Mesh WIFI system, with two satellites extenders.
My property, a detached four bedroomed house with a new Virgin 1gig broadband service installed. Although this Virgin system did improve some of the dead spots, it was still not that good in some places.
Installation: I knew that at some stage I would set the Virgin router to (modem mode) but didn’t do it soon enough. When setting up RBK753 I changed to the Virgin SSID name & password, also too soon. These mistakes had the effect of stopping completing the setup on the Netgear App. The result, I had two competing wifi signals.
Start again.
I set the Virgin router to (modem mode).
Set up the RBK753 in its factory state.
I checked it out on one device (desktop) using the default SSID
When all was OK, I changed to my Virgin SSID in the Netgear App.
This saves you from changing every device you have.
Now all my devices could see the correct Orbi WIFI.
I positioned the two satellites extenders to get even better results including around the garden. In fact I got remarkable results, particularly in the lounge where I spend considerable time with Smart TV and iPhone, etc.
All in all, I am very pleased with the purchase, highly recommended.
Purchased router with 2 satellites.
Works perfectly. I struggled getting WiFi in all the rooms of my house, and the signal I could get was poor upstairs and in the kitchen.
I have virgin broadband and would get 108mb speeds near the hub 3 and 40mb upstairs. I now get 108mbs in all rooms in the house, even in rooms that I couldn’t get WiFi in before.
The set up process is simple but a little time consuming as there is a lot of turning routers on and off again. One thing the set up app does not tell you to do is if you are plugging your Orbi into your existing router then you have to put your old router into modem only mode. Once googled this was very easy to do but you may have to wait 15-20mins for the settings to take effect and there is no prompt telling you when this is done. My Orbi was not working, I thought I set it up incorrectly then out of nowhere it just worked perfectly and has ever since (3 weeks now)
You can set your Orbi up with the same WiFi name and password as your existing router so all devices connect to it straight away.
I recently purchased an Orbi RBK352 system (1 x base unit & 1 satellite) as a Christmas present for my daughter. I had previously done some research as to the best systems on the market and Which had given this Orbi system a 90% top rating. The router in her house is on the opposite side to her office, where the wifi is absolutely woeful. As I’m going to be installing this on Christmas Eve, I thought I’d try it out in my own house first, just to make sure there were no ‘hidden’ issues. My daughter and husband aren’t really ‘techie’ so I’ll just be setting it up in ‘Access Point’ mode. It really is plug and play. I setup the base unit first – the instructions were clear and took a couple of minutes to change the mode. I then connected the base unit to my BT HomeHub6. Using the Orbi app on my smartphone, I checked the connection. I had internet (150Mbps) and my wifi connection was 856Mbps. Perfect! I now took the satellite and set it up in my loft, which is about as far away as you can get from my router. I plugged it in and synced it with the base unit – it took a couple of minutes to connect. Reception brilliant! The wifi in my own house isn’t that good but now it’s great. So I’m keeping it! I’ve just had to go out and buy another Orbi system for my daughter’s Christmas present. I work in IT, and for my own house, I wanted to use the base unit in ‘router’ mode to replace my BTHomeHub6. That’s where I came across a few ‘issues’. Whilst it is possible to replace the BTHomeHub with a separate modem (expensive – and not an option for me), it took quite a few Google searches to find out how best to leave the BTHomeHub6 in place as a primary router and setup the Orbi base unit as a secondary router. A more knowledgeable IT friend of mine explained that I just needed to setup the Orbi on a separate subnet and everything would work fine, which it did. There was no information on the Netgear site to help me regarding this issue. This is a great piece of kit which I highly recommend.
Having moved in to a large bungalow and got a new broadband provider we couldn’t get wifi coverage for the whole house. Even areas with coverage would drop out and left us unable to use our Sonos, SkyQ and mobile devices. Sky even supplied a booster which was a waste of time. I was sceptical of the Orbi especially with the high cost but thought I would just return them if it didn’t do the job. There are three Ethernet ports on each Orbi which is very handy for things like out Hue hub which can only be wired. I set one in the lounge plugged into the router with the provider wifi switched off, one midway in the house and the other in the far bedroom with my sons gaming pc plugged in and everything ran great. This pc originally kept dropping packets and I couldn’t cope with the continual ‘Dad it’s dropped off again’. After connecting all mobile devices we consistently got 62Mb p/s at the mobile devices which I have never had in any house I have had. The app has great functionality with useful information. I now have zero wifi complaints from the family and all our devices are running fast with great connection speed so I would highly recommend the Orbi’s.
I bought this Orbi WiFi 6 system to upgrade my Google WiFi mesh network because I noticed that WiFi speeds were only half as fast upstairs, where my partner works. The price of 700 for the top of the range 852s felt far too expensive but the sale price for the 752s of 325 on Amazon was much more reasonable and realistic. The router and satellite arrived well packaged and the instructions seemed simple enough: download the Orbi app and follow the instructions. However I found in practice there were three set-up challenges: First It was a pain getting Orbi to work with my Virgin Media Hub 3 in model only mode. I checked the Virgin router with an ethernet cable to my laptop to ensure there was internet access through port 1 and there was. I checked that Orbi was set to DHCP and it was. But half way though the set-up process the Orbi said it no longer had internet access. Fortunately I read online about rebooting the Virgin Hub and then reconnecting the Orbi when restarted and this seemed to work. Firmware updates were then unnecessarily slow and it stalled three times with the result that I had to restart the process. Secondly and bizarrely I had major difficulties setting a strong password for my Orbi account. I tried multiple combinations of letter, numbers, symbols etc per the Orbi instructions but they wouldn’t work and there was no error message that explained why. Still I eventually found a slightly shorter combination which it accepted. It then prompted me to plug in the satellite device but had problems initially locating it through the app – even though I was stood only a few feet away from it. Anyhow it eventually detected the satellite and following the reboot of the VM Hub followed by a reboot of the Orbi router it started working perfectly. I replicated my old network name (SSID) and password to allow existing devices connect seamlessly. After it settled in I’ve noticed range is considerably better – by at least 20-30 feet – and speed is 50% faster upstairs with almost the same broadband speed as downstairs. Connection speed is regularly at 370 Mbps download – the maximum for my current broadband. So blistering fast strong connection, which is ultimately what I wanted them for. My only other comment is that they are rather large and blob/fin-like relative to the much sleeker and less obstrusive Google WiFi points. Much harder to hide or blend into a room. But clearly that’s the price for a more powerful piece of kit. So great result in the end… but I hope I don’t have to reinstall these for a long time!
Moved into a new build house, order BT’s new 1GB “Infinity” broadband. Received their smart hub and was excited to see this life changing broadband…. to be met with a feeling of being totally conned! The fibre comes into the house under the stairs, and while that hub would reach the corners of the house, I was working at around 15Mbs on the device…meh!
I did a lot of research and while I was initially a bit apprehensive about the cost, the research and some advice from a tech-savvy friend (and trusting Amazon to look after me if this didnt work out) – I was convinced to make the purchase.
Not quite plug-and-play… the set-up app didnt really do the job and I had to go in via laptop to get things working. However, it was WELL worth the effort!
My old Surface Pro is showing 600Mbs in my home office… and I suspect that is the device limiting the speed. We’re streaming 4k downstairs, gaming upstairs with around 45 devices total connected, and not a single glitch. Hard to get across in a review how much this just “works”…. its like the way we always imagined wifi would be “one day”.
Genuinely, seems expensive when you buy… but you very quickly forget about the price when everything just works seamlessly and without any buffering. Amazing.
I tried 3 other popular brand meshes and they simply performed poorly or didn’t work. This is my 4th mesh in 3 weeks (yes!) before being satisfied it works wonderfully. I have a 600mbps broadband and a relatively small flat, but have some black spots due to the layout / construction. The other meshes were either maxing out at 100-150mbps, or unstable.
Orbi has been a good performer, I can get about 550mbps from the main router, and about 250 from a satellite. Slightly disappointing the satellites don’t perform as well given its got a dedicated backhaul as well, but at least it’s a stable connection. Could also be my positioning and other conditions.
The stability is really good. It was easy to setup. One peculiar issue I had with the other meshes was that sometimes Spotify connect would not work and hence could not play Spotify media my Yahama AV receiver. Not had an issue with the Orbi and everything seems to work wonderfully.
My config is such I’m using a mixture of wired and wireless devices, with a wired NAS on the satellite, which performs equally well. Also compared to other meshes, Orbi has a web interface in addition to the mobile app, which is great as you can tweak a lot more settings. The other meshes were a bit limited on what you can change.
One downside, 300+ for a set of 3 routers. It’s a lot of money for a small piece of kit (not even commercial grade), but I suppose everyone has joined the bandwagon and charging the same amount.
I picked these up on a Prime Day deal. I was working previously with the TaoTronics AC3000 mesh WiFi. It wasgood. For the price, very good. But it struggled across a 3 story house through thick doors, walls etc. I went looking for wifi 6 mesh, with wider frequencies that would (I hoped) get around this.
Enter the Orbi. Three monolithic spaceships set up around my house. First the negatives: setup is fiddly. You must do things EXACTLY in order of the app. Want to turn on the satellites later? Tough. Don’t know where to position the satellites? Also tough. Unless you follow the steps precisely, the setup will crash. Secondly, the units themselves are quite large and the plugs are quite deep.
If this sounds like nitpicking, it’s because it is. These are the only downsides, other than the crippling cost. The units in fairness need to be big though, to house the giant aerials pumping WiFi around your home. The reception is flawless. Strong signal everywhere, no dead spots, reach and speed far exceeding my old WiFi 5 set up. And once set up, the app is a dream to use.
So – if you have the money, and need to blanket a complex space in signal, these Orbis will not disappoint. Just remember to follow the instructions.
So, the only reason I’ve given this product 4 out of 5 stars is because it’s so expensive.
Apart from that, this device has solved so many problems. I am so happy with it. I have a lot of internet enabled devices in my smart home. My old router wasn’t coping. Facetime was breaking up. Devices were losing connections. Streaming services were stop/start/stop/start.
Enter Orbi …
You put your old router into modem mode (Consult your ISP for details on this), connect your Orbi to your router (now acting as a modem), and follow the setup procedure in the app. It’s actually quite a simple setup procedure. I had it all up and running in no time.
Now I’m getting maximum speed from everywhere, including the bathroom. All of my devices are connected, working and responding quickly and reliably. Facetime is high quality, stable and clear.
The only issue I’ve had is with a network drive which sometimes doesn’t seem to respond. I’m still investigating that.
At one point I tried to get tech support using chat on the app. I got in the queue and then it told me some time later, moving down the queue, that support was not available. So thumbs down for that.
The system seems stable. I’ve only had it 2 days and not really had any problem with it. But, it has only been 2 days, so I’ve taken a star off for stability just in case.
So, in conclusion, my advice is … take a deep breath, pay the money (As a general piece of advice, I would say never buy anything on credit. Save up for it. Don’t get yourself into debt on credit cards, overdrafts etc), get the Orbi and enjoy trouble free WiFi.
The Orbi mesh WiFi kit has completely transformed the network reliability and coverage in my house. I’m paying for a 600mb broadband package and the service providers router and boosters were not fit for purpose, particularly if you were upstairs. Prior to Orbi, I was receiving around 20mb on my PlayStation 4 upstairs off a WiFi signal. However, I have now placed the Orbi satellite in my bedroom (which still provides coverage for the whole of upstairs) and connected it to my PlayStation via an Ethernet cable. This has more than increased the download speed by over 10 fold and I haven’t received an speed of less than 300mb. I did another test yesterday and received a speed of 507mb. Just showcasing this one example evidences the impact it has on one of my devices in a household full of connected devices. This has completely transformed the infrastructure within our household for the better and definitely value for money. I did a lot of research before coming to the conclusion that the Orbi mesh kit was the one to purchase and it did not disappoint. I even decided on the dual-band WiFi 6 version rather than the tri-band WiFi 5 version to make it future proof. As Apple have already stated they are to include WiFi 6 in all their new iPhones and iPads, we already have technology that is utilising this and will have more in the future making this piece of kit future-proof and one for the long term! Already have recommended to friends who will be purchasing in the nearby future!
This covers the whole house much better than my previous tp link archer c6 in most respects (archer could only cover the whole house if placed in a very inconvenient to cable place) providing steady and stable service & more bandwidth than I’m likely to use for years to come
It provides WiFi 6 and has a simple tech free set up. It’s also very neat, with easy to place stations – especially vs the very ugly archer and no nasty cables or random LEDs.
Price wise, it’s both horrifically expensive for what it is, and much cheaper than much of the (absurdly priced) competition. Also: reliable WiFi is vital to your ability to work, learn, relax, and your kids education. So while expensive, also necessary
Set up app is very simple, and unusually for networking gear appears designed by someone who understands UEX
Point off because:
1. No meaningful parental controls
2. Having to create a netgear at account to do anything & they are already sending me marketing spam in German
3. It appears to be hub and spoke rather than true mesh. Which is a pain for me, given where my modem has to live, and how easy it isn’t to run Ethernet cables from there (if it was I’d still use the archer)
4. Only having 4 Ethernet ports on the base. Should have at least 8. Probably 4 per extender too (not 2) and those ports should support teaming the nics
I have been weighing up which mesh to get for too long, being frustrated with my poor WiFi signal at home all this time. I should have just got this orbi mesh system. I use it with a 200Mbps Virgin broadband service in UK. I used to get 200Mbps in the same room as the virgin Hub 3 router. This dropped to 100 in the next bedroom room and 10-30 downstairs. Back part of the house was hopeless. Back garden – don’t even bother, always had to switch to mobile data. After installing this Orbi mesh, I get 200-217Mbps across the whole of the house and 150-100Mbps in the back garden. I have also utilised all the ports on the orbi hub and that works without fault. Since having orbi mesh for 2 weeks my WiFi has NEVER dropped out, I’ve streamed Netflix, WiFi, sky programmes simultaneously across the house and all work flawlessly.
Update 25/01/2022 – still going strong, had an issue with my work laptop not connecting to the network however that was an easy fix with Netgear support helping me out, all I had to do was turn off wifi6 on the mesh network then my work laptop connected fine.
I have the main router upstairs and two satellite nodes downstairs, one of the nodes has the sky box plugged in via cat6 cable and this offers very stable streaming with no drop outs for all the services on the sky box (prime, YouTube, Netflix, Disney etc). This is where this product is better than most simple mesh networks as the data ports on both satellites offer strong wired connections, even though the mesh is wireless magic! No idea how the wired connection is so strong even though the mesh connection is only over WiFi.
This mesh handles two of us WFH both on video calls simultaneously.
The app allows you to see what devices are connected to each node. You can also turn these connections on and off.
Almost a year later and I would still recommend this product to anyone having issues with their broadband provided routers.
Well, I got the RBR750 Orbi router system, with two satellites installed in my home – a large 3 bedroomed Victorian semi that previously had a number of dead spots in it that multiple wireless routers failed to overcome. I now get excellent speeds everywhere including previous dead zones and right down the garden. But it wasn’t easy to set up.
I wanted to set up the RBR750 as an access point and keep my existing router that acts as a DHCP host for 192.168.0.XXX (The Orbi gives out 192.168.1.XXX). Firstly, if you put it in Access Point mode it disables its own DHCP. Secondly, if you use anything but 192.168.1.XXX the satellites will not pair, as they operate on 192.168.1.XXX. What is worse, you cannot change the IP address on the satellites, even from 192.168.1.XXX.
After a large number of hours on the phone talking to Netgear’s tech support, having been passed from the first line up to the Orbi expert team (four levels higher), I have come to the conclusion that they do not understand subnetting!! And these guys are supposed to be the experts! Nice guys, by the way, but hopelessly under trained. They sell network devices but don’t know how networks operate. Unbelievable. As for the phone app? Pretty and good for testing, but if you need to do anything below the surface, use a computer. Mac, PC, Raspberry Pi, doesn’t matter, as it’s all browser stuff.
By the time I had finished on the call, I was informed to send the kit back and get a refund and buy another as it would never connect and, even if it did, as the Netgear guy updated the firmware, I would never get the satellietes to update. Wrong! Why does Netgear allow you to change the IP range and not allow you to change the IP addresses of the satellites? That needs to be corrected in a firmware update urgently as it defeats the purpose of allowing change.
I went back to basics, ripped out the old router. Set the Orbi to router mode, reverted to 192.16.8.XXX and turned on DHCP. I then went through the network changing IP addresses enabling DHCP of a number of devices, including a couple of NAS boxes that I reserved in DHCP. The old router would only give out out 50 IP addresses, hopelessly inadequate, so a lot of things were on fixed IPs. With the Orbi, you can give out all 254 ip addresses if you want. With an increasing number if IoT items, this is becoming more important all the time.
So, in summary, I was looking for a system that would last over six years, that would get rid of the dead spots and give very good performance. Does the Orbi RBR750 do that? Yes, I think it does – it has good range, the best speeds ever from a wireless system, WiFi 6 ready and also able to cope with full fibre to the premises which is due in a few months. If you want more range outdoors you can buy another, waterproof, satellite. In fact, if you have a really big house, or a small hotel, you can offer good wifi service to all your residents. Having spent enough time in these hotels, most need something like this.
Very easy to configure and fixed my wifi range problem. I can now get wifi in the garden and the garage which was never possible with my ISP’s basic uni
This is my second Orbi system (upgrade from the excellent RBR50 to RBR760).
This provides superb WIFI coverage and speed to make the most of full fibre connection..
Setup is made much easier using the free App WIFIsweetspots to help position the Orbi’s for Best coverage & speed.
Easy to setup and use. Great signal strength for me in a tricky location. This does exactly what I wanted it to do.
Only one gripe for me – it emits a blue light and I can’t find a way to switch this off. In a bedroom you might find this kind of annoying.
I’ve spent 1,000 on this and for the life of me can’t get it to work properly. I’ve had it for over 90 days so Netgear won’t help unless I pay for their support package. What a crappy system!
I have used multiple wireless mesh over the past few months, eero, Tenda, Asus And none of them do the job that netgear do! having the backhaul network allows me to utilise the full speed of my connection across my whole house… The only downside… I could afford the 3 pack at the time, but I will be ordering that soon!
I bought this mesh system to replace my powerline WiFi range extenders when they stopped working after a firmware update. The mesh system means my phone no longer needs to switch from the main router to the powerline network as I move around my house since every node of the mesh is on the same network. The speed and reliability have been great so far.
Got this set up as my Virgin wifi kept dropping out, even after they sent out a new router. The signal would randomly drop out on my Samsung S22 and Tab A8.
This has fixed all problems and on WiFi I now get 246 mbps in every room of my house. Which has walls over 600mm thick and is 250 sqm in footprint.
Yes the Orbs are a bit big and need to be plugged in. But I haven’t had a drop out or and issue in a month since it was Installed.
Drop outs on the Virgin router were around 10 to 12 a day.
Plus I now have strong WiFi at the bottom of the garden some 12m away, which I didn’t have before.
Would highly recommend
I have been using a single non-meshed WiFi previously and this is game changer. With the ultra fast AX4200 I now get coverage everywhere in the house, Garden and in the garden shed/office. The Security of this mesh system is unparalleled too the Armor software already blocked quite a lot of external malware attacks which I wasn’t even aware of previously. Very good product but it comes with its higher price but you get what you pay. Premium technology.
I recently purchased the NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System AX4200 and I am absolutely blown away by its performance! The setup was a breeze and the app makes it incredibly easy to manage the network.
I have a large home and in the past, I struggled with weak or nonexistent WiFi signals in certain rooms. That is no longer an issue since installing this system. I now have a fast, stable, and consistent connection throughout my entire home.
The AX4200 also provides incredibly fast speeds, making it perfect for demanding activities like gaming, streaming 4K video, and working from home. I was also pleasantly surprised by its ability to handle multiple devices without any lag or buffering.
Overall, I am extremely satisfied with my purchase and highly recommend the NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System AX4200 to anyone in need of a top-of-the-line WiFi solution. It is a game changer!
The set up was straight forward. I did have one issue. You have the option to use your old Wi-Fi name and password, this would have been helpful as I have a number of devices through out the home. The devices were stuck trying to get to the old gateway of the previous Wi-Fi set up. I resent the hub and satellite back to factory settings and set up with the new Orbi name. All worked fine, easy to set devices to the new Wi-Fi name. Now we don’t experience drop outs or speed issues. Well worth the purchase.
Having been used to Apple routers and their ease of installation and use, it was with a fair measure of trepidation and resignation that I opened the Orbi package for installation. Imagine my surprise when the entire installation happened in a jiffy with no issues whatsoever. The Orbi app was great. Connection to my provider was also smooth. And when I connected the satellite in another room with an Ethernet cable, recognition was immediate and seamless. Speed were amazing. Guest wireless setup was also simple. No meaningless questions on the setup were asked. In short an ‘apple’ like experience!! As go from room to room the handoff has been seamless and speeds amazing. Highly recommend this product.
After much research I decided to opt for this system. It’s a breeze to set up, has a great app but more importantly it works really well.
Before I had a BT whole home system, over the years it was very troublesome with auto updates messing things up. The final straw was when two of the satellites stopped working and the main one had to be constantly rebooted.
With the new netgear Orbi whilst setting it up I changed the password and name to the same as the BT unit it replace. That meant all my equipment logged straight into it, brilliant! As I’ve a lot of gear! Solar panels, alarm, Tesla Powerwall, and a number of other things. Can’t recommend Netgear Orbi mesh enough.
Previously we had two different access points using isp router and a power line adapter with wifi. The connectivity was patchy – some areas of the house there was no wifi – where there was wifi the speeds were well below the 76Gbps coming into the house. The “Customers” (wife and son) were constantly complaining about it so in the end I bit the bullet and bought this Orbi 753 Mesh WiFi setup in the black Friday deal. It took about 20mins in total to set it up using the instructions on the phone app. Now we have one access point name all over the house – 74Gbps all over the house – Rock solid performance all over the house. Superb. I bought these particular ones on the back of another review which pointed out I probably didn’t need to go for the latest top of the range model as my requirements are not that high and I’m glad I took that advice. These are more than enough and at a fraction of the cost 439 as opposed to 1699. Really happy with this purchase.
Well after my trusty Google Wifi finally gave up the Ghost, after much research, I settled on Netgear.
Setup. Easy to do, plug in the Router version, connect to your Modem (Virgin in my case) and switch on. The app takes you through, the initial setup, firmware updates if needed and then adds the satellites. Took about 25 minutes from start to finish
Config. This is probably where the app lets you down a touch, however, in true Netgear fashion you have a web browser interface which is awesome. So any peculiar config, firewall rules, static IP, or port forwarding I would use the web browser over the app.
Stability. Rock solid, couple of reboots after Virgin dropped, outside of that solid as rock!
Recommended, so much, I ended up buying the Quad band version!
Bought this to replace the ISP delivered Eero as I could not get a wifi speed more than 300-400mbit even within 1 meter of the eero 6 router.
With this Orbi I can sit 5 meters away and get 500mbit speeds even outside through a brick wall i get over 300mbit.
This Orbi also have 3 1gbit ethernet ports as well which is just what I need.
The Orbi satellites are easy to set up just need to keep them close to the main router when adding them at first.
Quality is very good and feels solid.
The Orbi can be set up either through an App or through the web browser.
there is no manual delivered with this but it was easy enough to download it as a PDF from the website.
Replaced a brand new Nest WiFi Pro 6 with this. The Orbi has better range, is easier to set up (remarkably), has more flexible configuration and actually provides accurate network and device information, unlike the kit it is replacing. Now I have a functional, reliable mesh network from Netgear and all I’m waiting for is Google to give me my money back for their kit. Definitely recommend and I really should have bought Orbi in the first place. Only criticism is the subscription parental controls, additional security services and support after the initial 90 days, but I don’t need the first and can manage without the second and third so not a problem for me.
The installation is a simple as can be. Download app and follow the instructions. Also, the system seems robust and the transmitter and remote units both reboot perfectly after power interruptions.
I’m slightly disappointed by the power output / range of the remote unit, but it does just about what I need it to do, so I’m a very happy, if not totally ecstatic, buyer.
Having recently moved in to our new house, the location the BT router has to go in is rather bizzare. Due to this, the signal is blocked heavily and it’s not a big house either.
Having done some research, this felt like the best option. Granted it’s not cheap but it appeared to be the easiest to install and manage. I’ve always been shy delving into routers, mesh systems and the like, so I must admit I wasn’t sure how successful this would be.
To my surprise and credit to Netgear, it was extremely easy to install; just follow the steps exactly as they request them. I did have some teething issues but hands up, this was my fault for trying to skip steps.
Not only has my signal improved to better than before, with the satellites, we’re getting this same speed throughout the house!
Amazing kit and I’m kicking myself for not buying sooner!
It’s widely known that the hubs supplied by Virgin Media are not great at strong stable wifi signals. I even had the new pods, which my opinion is they caused more issues than solved. I finally made the decision to buy a mesh network system and definitely it has helped a lot. Wifi signal stability and coverage is noticeably better and while the router and 2 satellites cannot push out the maximum speed of the broadband coming in to the house, it does pretty well. I have a 1gb line, and the house has 300mb on the first and second floor. Ground floor has anywhere between 500-800. Ethernet from the Netgear hub throws out a whooping 800mb. This is about 30-40% better than the Hub4 and stability is unquestionable. I looked into this further and this particular Netgear model doesn’t have a 160mhz channel (I think because it is used for something called a backbone – not sure exactly but something to do with router/satellite workings). I feed an ethernet cable to the first floor that runs a separate router (one that has 160mhz). When it configured this router to 80mhz, max speed was about 300-400mb. At 160mhz, it doubled. Personally, I’m not so hung up on the speed rather 1) the stability 2) coverage and 3) getting what you pay for is definitely key.
I’d been using a Netgear Orbi system for about six years, and decided I wanted to upgrade to the newer wi-fi 6 version. I work from home, and I don’t like trusting computing hardware as old as my existing system, and I wanted to take advantage of the faster speeds and better handling of multiple devices. While there was a bit of a setup issue, Netgear support helped me sort it out quickly.
I’m in a big, old house with thick walls, and with this new system, I get higher speeds and better range. The range in my garden is noticeably better, and the coverage in the furthest rooms is faster and more reliable.
We required a solution to poor signal throughout the house from our virgin router and to link extenders. We have thick walls and quite a lot of dead spots.
After a lot of research we settled on the orbi 753 (3 pack). The set up was so easy and it was just a case adding the devices to the new network. Full speeds were now being achieved throughout the house even through the worst deadspot areas we had previously.
The price is quite expensive but I wanted a mesh that could work well, maintain the speeds we pay for (350mbps) and was easy to setup. After a week of use there have been no complaints of laggy gaming, or Netflix and other streaming systems losing connection to the network, problems that were all too common before we had the Netgear orbi. Can even get a signal in my garden which I was impressed with. Fingers crossed performance is maintained.
Overall – delighted with this investment and happy in the knowledge that with the WiFi 6 mesh it will provide some future proofing for many future devices.
This product is simply amazingly. It’s easy to set-up and does exactly as advertised, fast internet everywhere inside and out . On top of that their support is top class – I had and account query. NETGEAR support staff were knowledge and super helpful. Well done NETGEAR !!
Setup – very clear and easy to follow instructions. TBH the orbi simply installed itself. All I did was plug it in, connect the Orbi to my internet router (one cable), register my details and after performing an automated firmware update and auto detection of Orbi satellites the mesh network was ready to rock and roll. Took about 15 to 20 minutes for the auto installation. This is very helpful as I have zero IT knowledge.
ORBI App – Very easy to setup, clean interface, helpful information and very easy to use. Has not failed on my yet. 5 stars easily.
Product – the ORBI Router and satellites are on the big side, but they work so extremely well I am more than happy to live with their size. In fact I have hidden them within a wardrobe and behind a display unit and they still work amazingly well. I get full blown internet at the back of my 100ft garden.
Overall – extremally happy with the product and NETGEAR support. Seriously just this equipment if you have a solid, fast internet throughout your house both inside and out.
I bought the RBR753 Orbi Mesh WIFI system, with two satellites extenders.
My property, a detached four bedroomed house with a new Virgin 1gig broadband service installed. Although this Virgin system did improve some of the dead spots, it was still not that good in some places.
Installation: I knew that at some stage I would set the Virgin router to (modem mode) but didn’t do it soon enough. When setting up RBK753 I changed to the Virgin SSID name & password, also too soon. These mistakes had the effect of stopping completing the setup on the Netgear App. The result, I had two competing wifi signals.
Start again.
I set the Virgin router to (modem mode).
Set up the RBK753 in its factory state.
I checked it out on one device (desktop) using the default SSID
When all was OK, I changed to my Virgin SSID in the Netgear App.
This saves you from changing every device you have.
Now all my devices could see the correct Orbi WIFI.
I positioned the two satellites extenders to get even better results including around the garden. In fact I got remarkable results, particularly in the lounge where I spend considerable time with Smart TV and iPhone, etc.
All in all, I am very pleased with the purchase, highly recommended.
Purchased router with 2 satellites.
Works perfectly. I struggled getting WiFi in all the rooms of my house, and the signal I could get was poor upstairs and in the kitchen.
I have virgin broadband and would get 108mb speeds near the hub 3 and 40mb upstairs. I now get 108mbs in all rooms in the house, even in rooms that I couldn’t get WiFi in before.
The set up process is simple but a little time consuming as there is a lot of turning routers on and off again. One thing the set up app does not tell you to do is if you are plugging your Orbi into your existing router then you have to put your old router into modem only mode. Once googled this was very easy to do but you may have to wait 15-20mins for the settings to take effect and there is no prompt telling you when this is done. My Orbi was not working, I thought I set it up incorrectly then out of nowhere it just worked perfectly and has ever since (3 weeks now)
You can set your Orbi up with the same WiFi name and password as your existing router so all devices connect to it straight away.
Wish I had bought it sooner!
I recently purchased an Orbi RBK352 system (1 x base unit & 1 satellite) as a Christmas present for my daughter. I had previously done some research as to the best systems on the market and Which had given this Orbi system a 90% top rating. The router in her house is on the opposite side to her office, where the wifi is absolutely woeful. As I’m going to be installing this on Christmas Eve, I thought I’d try it out in my own house first, just to make sure there were no ‘hidden’ issues. My daughter and husband aren’t really ‘techie’ so I’ll just be setting it up in ‘Access Point’ mode. It really is plug and play. I setup the base unit first – the instructions were clear and took a couple of minutes to change the mode. I then connected the base unit to my BT HomeHub6. Using the Orbi app on my smartphone, I checked the connection. I had internet (150Mbps) and my wifi connection was 856Mbps. Perfect! I now took the satellite and set it up in my loft, which is about as far away as you can get from my router. I plugged it in and synced it with the base unit – it took a couple of minutes to connect. Reception brilliant! The wifi in my own house isn’t that good but now it’s great. So I’m keeping it! I’ve just had to go out and buy another Orbi system for my daughter’s Christmas present. I work in IT, and for my own house, I wanted to use the base unit in ‘router’ mode to replace my BTHomeHub6. That’s where I came across a few ‘issues’. Whilst it is possible to replace the BTHomeHub with a separate modem (expensive – and not an option for me), it took quite a few Google searches to find out how best to leave the BTHomeHub6 in place as a primary router and setup the Orbi base unit as a secondary router. A more knowledgeable IT friend of mine explained that I just needed to setup the Orbi on a separate subnet and everything would work fine, which it did. There was no information on the Netgear site to help me regarding this issue. This is a great piece of kit which I highly recommend.
Having moved in to a large bungalow and got a new broadband provider we couldn’t get wifi coverage for the whole house. Even areas with coverage would drop out and left us unable to use our Sonos, SkyQ and mobile devices. Sky even supplied a booster which was a waste of time. I was sceptical of the Orbi especially with the high cost but thought I would just return them if it didn’t do the job. There are three Ethernet ports on each Orbi which is very handy for things like out Hue hub which can only be wired. I set one in the lounge plugged into the router with the provider wifi switched off, one midway in the house and the other in the far bedroom with my sons gaming pc plugged in and everything ran great. This pc originally kept dropping packets and I couldn’t cope with the continual ‘Dad it’s dropped off again’. After connecting all mobile devices we consistently got 62Mb p/s at the mobile devices which I have never had in any house I have had. The app has great functionality with useful information. I now have zero wifi complaints from the family and all our devices are running fast with great connection speed so I would highly recommend the Orbi’s.
I bought this Orbi WiFi 6 system to upgrade my Google WiFi mesh network because I noticed that WiFi speeds were only half as fast upstairs, where my partner works. The price of 700 for the top of the range 852s felt far too expensive but the sale price for the 752s of 325 on Amazon was much more reasonable and realistic. The router and satellite arrived well packaged and the instructions seemed simple enough: download the Orbi app and follow the instructions. However I found in practice there were three set-up challenges: First It was a pain getting Orbi to work with my Virgin Media Hub 3 in model only mode. I checked the Virgin router with an ethernet cable to my laptop to ensure there was internet access through port 1 and there was. I checked that Orbi was set to DHCP and it was. But half way though the set-up process the Orbi said it no longer had internet access. Fortunately I read online about rebooting the Virgin Hub and then reconnecting the Orbi when restarted and this seemed to work. Firmware updates were then unnecessarily slow and it stalled three times with the result that I had to restart the process. Secondly and bizarrely I had major difficulties setting a strong password for my Orbi account. I tried multiple combinations of letter, numbers, symbols etc per the Orbi instructions but they wouldn’t work and there was no error message that explained why. Still I eventually found a slightly shorter combination which it accepted. It then prompted me to plug in the satellite device but had problems initially locating it through the app – even though I was stood only a few feet away from it. Anyhow it eventually detected the satellite and following the reboot of the VM Hub followed by a reboot of the Orbi router it started working perfectly. I replicated my old network name (SSID) and password to allow existing devices connect seamlessly. After it settled in I’ve noticed range is considerably better – by at least 20-30 feet – and speed is 50% faster upstairs with almost the same broadband speed as downstairs. Connection speed is regularly at 370 Mbps download – the maximum for my current broadband. So blistering fast strong connection, which is ultimately what I wanted them for. My only other comment is that they are rather large and blob/fin-like relative to the much sleeker and less obstrusive Google WiFi points. Much harder to hide or blend into a room. But clearly that’s the price for a more powerful piece of kit. So great result in the end… but I hope I don’t have to reinstall these for a long time!
Moved into a new build house, order BT’s new 1GB “Infinity” broadband. Received their smart hub and was excited to see this life changing broadband…. to be met with a feeling of being totally conned! The fibre comes into the house under the stairs, and while that hub would reach the corners of the house, I was working at around 15Mbs on the device…meh!
I did a lot of research and while I was initially a bit apprehensive about the cost, the research and some advice from a tech-savvy friend (and trusting Amazon to look after me if this didnt work out) – I was convinced to make the purchase.
Not quite plug-and-play… the set-up app didnt really do the job and I had to go in via laptop to get things working. However, it was WELL worth the effort!
My old Surface Pro is showing 600Mbs in my home office… and I suspect that is the device limiting the speed. We’re streaming 4k downstairs, gaming upstairs with around 45 devices total connected, and not a single glitch. Hard to get across in a review how much this just “works”…. its like the way we always imagined wifi would be “one day”.
Genuinely, seems expensive when you buy… but you very quickly forget about the price when everything just works seamlessly and without any buffering. Amazing.
I tried 3 other popular brand meshes and they simply performed poorly or didn’t work. This is my 4th mesh in 3 weeks (yes!) before being satisfied it works wonderfully. I have a 600mbps broadband and a relatively small flat, but have some black spots due to the layout / construction. The other meshes were either maxing out at 100-150mbps, or unstable.
Orbi has been a good performer, I can get about 550mbps from the main router, and about 250 from a satellite. Slightly disappointing the satellites don’t perform as well given its got a dedicated backhaul as well, but at least it’s a stable connection. Could also be my positioning and other conditions.
The stability is really good. It was easy to setup. One peculiar issue I had with the other meshes was that sometimes Spotify connect would not work and hence could not play Spotify media my Yahama AV receiver. Not had an issue with the Orbi and everything seems to work wonderfully.
My config is such I’m using a mixture of wired and wireless devices, with a wired NAS on the satellite, which performs equally well. Also compared to other meshes, Orbi has a web interface in addition to the mobile app, which is great as you can tweak a lot more settings. The other meshes were a bit limited on what you can change.
One downside, 300+ for a set of 3 routers. It’s a lot of money for a small piece of kit (not even commercial grade), but I suppose everyone has joined the bandwagon and charging the same amount.
I picked these up on a Prime Day deal. I was working previously with the TaoTronics AC3000 mesh WiFi. It wasgood. For the price, very good. But it struggled across a 3 story house through thick doors, walls etc. I went looking for wifi 6 mesh, with wider frequencies that would (I hoped) get around this.
Enter the Orbi. Three monolithic spaceships set up around my house. First the negatives: setup is fiddly. You must do things EXACTLY in order of the app. Want to turn on the satellites later? Tough. Don’t know where to position the satellites? Also tough. Unless you follow the steps precisely, the setup will crash. Secondly, the units themselves are quite large and the plugs are quite deep.
If this sounds like nitpicking, it’s because it is. These are the only downsides, other than the crippling cost. The units in fairness need to be big though, to house the giant aerials pumping WiFi around your home. The reception is flawless. Strong signal everywhere, no dead spots, reach and speed far exceeding my old WiFi 5 set up. And once set up, the app is a dream to use.
So – if you have the money, and need to blanket a complex space in signal, these Orbis will not disappoint. Just remember to follow the instructions.
So, the only reason I’ve given this product 4 out of 5 stars is because it’s so expensive.
Apart from that, this device has solved so many problems. I am so happy with it. I have a lot of internet enabled devices in my smart home. My old router wasn’t coping. Facetime was breaking up. Devices were losing connections. Streaming services were stop/start/stop/start.
Enter Orbi …
You put your old router into modem mode (Consult your ISP for details on this), connect your Orbi to your router (now acting as a modem), and follow the setup procedure in the app. It’s actually quite a simple setup procedure. I had it all up and running in no time.
Now I’m getting maximum speed from everywhere, including the bathroom. All of my devices are connected, working and responding quickly and reliably. Facetime is high quality, stable and clear.
The only issue I’ve had is with a network drive which sometimes doesn’t seem to respond. I’m still investigating that.
At one point I tried to get tech support using chat on the app. I got in the queue and then it told me some time later, moving down the queue, that support was not available. So thumbs down for that.
The system seems stable. I’ve only had it 2 days and not really had any problem with it. But, it has only been 2 days, so I’ve taken a star off for stability just in case.
So, in conclusion, my advice is … take a deep breath, pay the money (As a general piece of advice, I would say never buy anything on credit. Save up for it. Don’t get yourself into debt on credit cards, overdrafts etc), get the Orbi and enjoy trouble free WiFi.
The Orbi mesh WiFi kit has completely transformed the network reliability and coverage in my house. I’m paying for a 600mb broadband package and the service providers router and boosters were not fit for purpose, particularly if you were upstairs. Prior to Orbi, I was receiving around 20mb on my PlayStation 4 upstairs off a WiFi signal. However, I have now placed the Orbi satellite in my bedroom (which still provides coverage for the whole of upstairs) and connected it to my PlayStation via an Ethernet cable. This has more than increased the download speed by over 10 fold and I haven’t received an speed of less than 300mb. I did another test yesterday and received a speed of 507mb. Just showcasing this one example evidences the impact it has on one of my devices in a household full of connected devices. This has completely transformed the infrastructure within our household for the better and definitely value for money. I did a lot of research before coming to the conclusion that the Orbi mesh kit was the one to purchase and it did not disappoint. I even decided on the dual-band WiFi 6 version rather than the tri-band WiFi 5 version to make it future proof. As Apple have already stated they are to include WiFi 6 in all their new iPhones and iPads, we already have technology that is utilising this and will have more in the future making this piece of kit future-proof and one for the long term! Already have recommended to friends who will be purchasing in the nearby future!
This covers the whole house much better than my previous tp link archer c6 in most respects (archer could only cover the whole house if placed in a very inconvenient to cable place) providing steady and stable service & more bandwidth than I’m likely to use for years to come
It provides WiFi 6 and has a simple tech free set up. It’s also very neat, with easy to place stations – especially vs the very ugly archer and no nasty cables or random LEDs.
Price wise, it’s both horrifically expensive for what it is, and much cheaper than much of the (absurdly priced) competition. Also: reliable WiFi is vital to your ability to work, learn, relax, and your kids education. So while expensive, also necessary
Set up app is very simple, and unusually for networking gear appears designed by someone who understands UEX
Point off because:
1. No meaningful parental controls
2. Having to create a netgear at account to do anything & they are already sending me marketing spam in German
3. It appears to be hub and spoke rather than true mesh. Which is a pain for me, given where my modem has to live, and how easy it isn’t to run Ethernet cables from there (if it was I’d still use the archer)
4. Only having 4 Ethernet ports on the base. Should have at least 8. Probably 4 per extender too (not 2) and those ports should support teaming the nics
I have been weighing up which mesh to get for too long, being frustrated with my poor WiFi signal at home all this time. I should have just got this orbi mesh system. I use it with a 200Mbps Virgin broadband service in UK. I used to get 200Mbps in the same room as the virgin Hub 3 router. This dropped to 100 in the next bedroom room and 10-30 downstairs. Back part of the house was hopeless. Back garden – don’t even bother, always had to switch to mobile data. After installing this Orbi mesh, I get 200-217Mbps across the whole of the house and 150-100Mbps in the back garden. I have also utilised all the ports on the orbi hub and that works without fault. Since having orbi mesh for 2 weeks my WiFi has NEVER dropped out, I’ve streamed Netflix, WiFi, sky programmes simultaneously across the house and all work flawlessly.
Update 25/01/2022 – still going strong, had an issue with my work laptop not connecting to the network however that was an easy fix with Netgear support helping me out, all I had to do was turn off wifi6 on the mesh network then my work laptop connected fine.
I have the main router upstairs and two satellite nodes downstairs, one of the nodes has the sky box plugged in via cat6 cable and this offers very stable streaming with no drop outs for all the services on the sky box (prime, YouTube, Netflix, Disney etc). This is where this product is better than most simple mesh networks as the data ports on both satellites offer strong wired connections, even though the mesh is wireless magic! No idea how the wired connection is so strong even though the mesh connection is only over WiFi.
This mesh handles two of us WFH both on video calls simultaneously.
The app allows you to see what devices are connected to each node. You can also turn these connections on and off.
Almost a year later and I would still recommend this product to anyone having issues with their broadband provided routers.
Well, I got the RBR750 Orbi router system, with two satellites installed in my home – a large 3 bedroomed Victorian semi that previously had a number of dead spots in it that multiple wireless routers failed to overcome. I now get excellent speeds everywhere including previous dead zones and right down the garden. But it wasn’t easy to set up.
I wanted to set up the RBR750 as an access point and keep my existing router that acts as a DHCP host for 192.168.0.XXX (The Orbi gives out 192.168.1.XXX). Firstly, if you put it in Access Point mode it disables its own DHCP. Secondly, if you use anything but 192.168.1.XXX the satellites will not pair, as they operate on 192.168.1.XXX. What is worse, you cannot change the IP address on the satellites, even from 192.168.1.XXX.
After a large number of hours on the phone talking to Netgear’s tech support, having been passed from the first line up to the Orbi expert team (four levels higher), I have come to the conclusion that they do not understand subnetting!! And these guys are supposed to be the experts! Nice guys, by the way, but hopelessly under trained. They sell network devices but don’t know how networks operate. Unbelievable. As for the phone app? Pretty and good for testing, but if you need to do anything below the surface, use a computer. Mac, PC, Raspberry Pi, doesn’t matter, as it’s all browser stuff.
By the time I had finished on the call, I was informed to send the kit back and get a refund and buy another as it would never connect and, even if it did, as the Netgear guy updated the firmware, I would never get the satellietes to update. Wrong! Why does Netgear allow you to change the IP range and not allow you to change the IP addresses of the satellites? That needs to be corrected in a firmware update urgently as it defeats the purpose of allowing change.
I went back to basics, ripped out the old router. Set the Orbi to router mode, reverted to 192.16.8.XXX and turned on DHCP. I then went through the network changing IP addresses enabling DHCP of a number of devices, including a couple of NAS boxes that I reserved in DHCP. The old router would only give out out 50 IP addresses, hopelessly inadequate, so a lot of things were on fixed IPs. With the Orbi, you can give out all 254 ip addresses if you want. With an increasing number if IoT items, this is becoming more important all the time.
So, in summary, I was looking for a system that would last over six years, that would get rid of the dead spots and give very good performance. Does the Orbi RBR750 do that? Yes, I think it does – it has good range, the best speeds ever from a wireless system, WiFi 6 ready and also able to cope with full fibre to the premises which is due in a few months. If you want more range outdoors you can buy another, waterproof, satellite. In fact, if you have a really big house, or a small hotel, you can offer good wifi service to all your residents. Having spent enough time in these hotels, most need something like this.