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Before you buy the orbi system - what you need to know performance and feature wise
hi guys i have started this post to clear up some misconceptions about the orbi system and where its aimed and what it can do first what it can do provide overall better wifi coverage by ...
oh and i forgot
no usb functionality at this stage ether
there is a long list of things that ether will be added or may be added but no real ETA on when or if they will be implemented , only time will tell
pete
Item #2 on the can't do list is now incorrect. Guest Wireless Access is now possible.
Just bought the 3 pack (router and two satellites) from Costco online for 499.00 to replace the 6 Luma devices I have (rather, had) setup.
I'm running my Orbi's in AP mode with a Netgear FVS336Gv3 as my firewall/DHCP server, etc., so far, so good.
Setup the units and ran through the update. Current version as of 2017-03-24 is 1.8.0.6 and Guest Wireless Access is there. See screenshot at the end of this post.
Release notes for the Router/Satellites is here: https://kb.netgear.com/000037844/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-1-8-0-6
Reading through other forum posts seems to indicate that Guest Wireless Access has been in the Orbi since Firmware 1.4.0.16. The Release Notes site page (https://kb.netgear.com/31580/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-1-4-0-16) was updated on 2016-12-02, so it's been out for 4 months now. The orginal poster may want to update his original list.
I read through a few previous release notes and read this nugget for the 1.5.0.12 release:
- Allows users to enable or disable the “Allow guests to see each other and access my local network” feature in AP mode.
This is also shown in the screenshot below.
unfortunatly you can edit posts here after a day or so , so unless the mods can do something i cant change it
thats client isolation enable / disable and should be part of any ap mode