NETGEAR Orbi Mesh WiFI System (RBK853) - WiFi 6 Router with 1 Satellite Extenders - Coverage 7.500 sq ft and 100 Devices

I've had Orbi for just over a week and so far so good. Yes it was expensive but it is an excellent mesh. The router and two satellites were easy to set up using the Orbi app. It is connected to a Virgin V3 modem/router. It covers all rooms with very fast WiFi with no noticeable black spots. I'm very pleased so far. I hope it remains speedy and stable.

Bought this because we were allegedly getting 1000 mbs from BT download speed around the whole house. The reality was we were getting between 60-300. Invested in this Orbi set. I’m not very technically savvy, but managed to set up the Orbi and satellites in 25 minutes and now we have 1000 mbs download around the entire house (and the garden). The satellites are positioned upstairs and in the furthest point away from the main module downstairs. Very very impressed. The Orbi app is very easy and you can control all your security and settings from it. Is this unit and satellites worth £800? Probably not, but the performance is incredible and I spent a few days researching online and most reviewers kept mentioning the Orbi. Glad I made the investment.

I bought the set of 3 Orbi Tri-band router and satellites back in March 2020. I’ve used the set for nearly a year now and for 6 months they seemed fine. I’d originally set them up to my existing sky router and they worked pretty well. After 9 months they started to stop working and flash the purple / pink colour, telling me there was an issue. I’d restart them and they would work for a while and then stop again. I recently had the super fast broadband fitted with sky (although its Openreach who run the fibre cable to the house) since then I just couldn’t get the Orbi system to work. I spent a few hours messing around with it, but no joy. I then started reading reviews on line and a few people had the same issue. One comment really helped my. They mentioned pressing the reset button in for around a minute on the main router and this will reset the whole system and update the most recent firmware. It was also important to keep the phone app up to date, as this will prompt for any recent firmware updates required. If I’m honest I hadn’t kept up the app settings, so that was adding to the issues. So I reset the system and went through all the phone app information again and this worked. I actually reset the other 2 satellites as well, then the phone app prompted me to update the firmware. Once all the was completed, it now works a dream. I’m getting between 130 - 150 mbps over 3 floors. As I’d already run a solid Ethernet cable from the ground to the second floor office, I actually put the router on the second floor and had the other 2 satellites on the ground and first floor. I’m not sure if that also helped, as having 2 routers together, didn’t seem to work as well. I just wanted to put this information on an Amazon review, nearly a year after purchasing, as I thought it may help. I’m a tradesman, not a tech expert, however I still managed to set this system up, after resetting. Net gear tech people aren’t that useful if I’m honest, so research online and getting information from other users, seems to be the best option. This system is very expensive, but extremely good, if you keep an eye on the phone app, update firmware and possible give the system a reset if needed. Don’t be frightened to reset the system, you may have to go back to the factory settings, but they can all be changed back again in the phone app. Hope the information helps.

I upgraded my home broadband to FTTP on a 500MB/sec package as both me and my wife work from home and we have a teenage son who is very in to his tech and streams movies and game content. The broadband company provided a router that was the same as they give for their standard broadband package - and couldn't cope with the speed nor give enough coverages for my 5 bed house. They then sent wifi discs, also not designed for the speed so whilst I got the wifi coverage, I simply got guaranteed slow speeds. I then invested in a mesh system with a different brand (not Netgear) and I had to spend over 10 hours with their tech support just to try and get it to work as a mesh, but again I only got max 50% of my max speed and their tech team never got the issues resolved. They even left me with it not working, without turning up to planned support call sessions, for nearly two months. I then did what I should have done in the first place and bought the Orbi. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Worked straight out of the box, looks cool, and runs blisteringly fast across all my devices. I get 450MB/sec wirelessly in my study and no less than 250MB/sec across my whole house and that is with just using 2 out of the 3 nodes (both of which are based downstairs). Downstairs nothing runs slower than 300MB/Sec. They look good, they are unobtrusive and run like a dream. They even support guest Wi-Fi which is great, something the first mesh I bought did not offer. So - yes expensive. You probably only need the two node set-up in most standard houses in the UK - but if you live in anything larger than 5000sq ft then just bite the bullet and get the 3 node system. It's not about the price, it's about the value and the fact I did not have to have a single call with any tech support teams and my time is way much more important to me than the few hundred pounds. If you are sitting on the fence - just go with the Orbi!

Super Geschwindugkeit und Reichweite. Aber: Installation mit Hürden. Nicht so easy wie im Netgear Video. App gibt kleine klaren Hinweise, warum etwas falsch gelaufen ist oder was am Besten zu ist. ACHTUNG: läuft mit Wifi 5 (>5 Gigaherz) Alte Geräte im Wlan-Netz mit Wlan 5 erhalten eventuell unter Wlan 6 keine Wlan signale!

Indispensable complément à la fibre dans une maison à plusieurs niveaux : WIFI 6, l’efficacité actualisée. Les logiciels d’exploitation sont très bien faits, accessibles, simples, clairs et efficaces, comme toujours avec NETGEAR. L’application de contrôle direct (app. ORBI.) du système est simple, facile à installer, et très facile à utiliser. Elle permet de garder la main sur les accès, la sécurité, et le contrôle des utilisateurs de votre réseau, d’un seul coup d’œil. Et si vous voulez aller encore plus loin et personnaliser le paramétrage à votre manière, vous disposez aussi des outils d’administration nécessaires, par un accès direct aux réglages du routeur via son URL. Ce n’est pas obligatoire, mais la sécurité du réseau local est un vrai sujet, qui mérite attention. Une seule chose à savoir a priori, et à bien comprendre : l’installation d’ORBI (version 07/2021❓), NETGEAR crée un nouveau réseau local, dont votre box devient la passerelle vers l’internet. Vous aurez donc désormais DEUX réseaux locaux chez vous : .l’ancien, accessible dans le voisinage immédiat de la box, avec des adresses NAT en 192.168.1.x (en général), et .le nouveau, à longue portée, avec des nouvelles adresses NAT en 10.0.0.y ... Conclusion pratique : pour “voir” les appareils connectés sur un (des deux) réseau(x), il faut être connecté sur ce réseau... et pas sur l’autre❗️ Conclusion sur le produit : Simplement EXCEPTIONNEL : il transporte l’efficacité du signal partout chez vous, même dans le jardin. Un test de vitesse “avant-après” pourra le démontrer sans autre discussion; (à moins peut-être d’habiter dans un bunker souterrain❓😉)

Avevo un RBR 750 e due satelliti che era un ottimo sistema ma una caduta lo ha messo fuori gioco. L’ho sostituito con l’RBK 850 e relativi 2 satelliti. Dopo alcuni giorni di start up con ottimizzazioni, sistemazioni e perfezionamenti vari, posso dire che il mio nuovo sistema va benissimo, non perde un colpo, sono arrivato a coprire una superficie di circa 500m2 fra interno ed esterno con un ottimo segnale e velocità incredibili.Protezione Armor molto buona. A tutt’oggi devo dire che non ho avuto alcun problema di rilievo e che quelli piccoli, iniziali erano da inquadrare nella mia learning curve. In conclusione molto soddisfatto.

Any days and hours with online tech support, still can’t get the router and the satellites to connect. Router connection also intermittent. Very disappointing product. now have to pay $120 for on site tech support to solve this.

Replaced 3 Linksys mesh WiFi nodes with this system and the change has been simply fantastic. No lagging, no spooling, no drop outs, no week signal. Expensive but worth it.