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MESH currenty or on roadmap
Hi all,
Currently I am delaying my purchase due to the Orbi not being a MESH system, but a 'star' system. Since I am not able to place the router in the middle of my home, but I am convinced Orbi prevails over Eero, Luma of Google Wifi, I am searching for a clue or confirmation the Orbi could become a true MESH system.
Happy to hear any comment. Thanks.
WouterNLD wrote:
What I understand is that a true MESH within the Orbi system is not available nor confirmed, but requested.Correct, but in most homes the star topology we use will give a better outcome than using mesh.
One Orbi router with one Orbi satellite can cover a very large area in most homes with high performance dedicated backhaul between the router and satellite.
We can't comment on what we may/may not have planned, but customer feedback (e.g. via the Idea Exchange) is important to us in helping us to decide where to focus our efforts.We have already added some popular requested features such as guest wi-fi.
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Depends on your definition of Mesh. It does create a singular mesh of wifi signal very well. Only thing I do not like is the fact that I cannot use my ethernet for the backhaul. If it did that it would be perfect.
In a lot of homes one satellite (in addition to the router) will be sufficient to cover the whole home even if the router has to be placed in the corner of the house.
How big is your home?In my opinion this is the best Mesh/Wi-Fi system ever created, I have been using routers since the early 90s no other system has given me the speed and range this system has, forget about Google Wi-Fi, Eero, Looma etc this one beats them all, sure the software still has issues, but the bugs will be worked out with future updates, besides that it will be before and after Orbi, mark my words.
Exactly my sentiments. I just enabled QOS and the bufferbloat dropped significantly.
This Orbi and satellite system give me fast wifi like no other Netgear combo did prior. I had and always purchase the latest and greatest Router from Netgear as well as the extenders. The Orbi beats them hands down.
I understand that it is not the case currently. I have added a feature request and encourage others to vote for it:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/Orbi-True-mesh/idi-p/1194983#M392
- Thanks all for the clarification. What I understand is that a true MESH within the Orbi system is not available nor confirmed, but requested. I've voted for it in the other post.
My home is completely build up by brick, with thick walls. It's around 300 m2 and has two stories. The router is positioned at the front hence causing the loss of connection at the other end of the house.Yes that is a issue with brick construction and some of the older plaster homes. Wifi is almost impossible to go room to room. Orbi may not be the choice for this purpose. I have a friend that had to go back to the central router only and then backhaul ethernet access points to get the coverang. He lives in a really large and older home and it took 8 AP's to account for the coverage we wanted. Each solution has it's pluses and minuses. Orbi seems to account for moden 2 to 4,000 SqFt housing builds.
My home is totally made out of bricks and this is the first system that gives me consistent 90/MBps down 12MBps Up ALL the way from the front of the house to the backyard, I'm talking Internet speeds (which is what I pay Comcast for) the actual transfer speeds between devices is much more greater than that, I tell the OP try Orbi if you haven't yet and see for yourself, if you don't like it you can always return it, nothing to loose.
WouterNLD wrote:
What I understand is that a true MESH within the Orbi system is not available nor confirmed, but requested.Correct, but in most homes the star topology we use will give a better outcome than using mesh.
One Orbi router with one Orbi satellite can cover a very large area in most homes with high performance dedicated backhaul between the router and satellite.
We can't comment on what we may/may not have planned, but customer feedback (e.g. via the Idea Exchange) is important to us in helping us to decide where to focus our efforts.We have already added some popular requested features such as guest wi-fi.
Thanks! I much appreciate an involved answer. I'm curious to the performance and I therefore just purchased an Orbi with satellite.
