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NETGEAR INTRODUCES A FAMILY OF ORBI TRI-BAND WIFI SYSTEMS
We are announcing the availability of two new Orbi kits and two new Stand Alone Satellites.
RBK30: The new Orbi Tri-band WiFi System includes an AC2200 router and wall-plug satellite designe...
hi , my first question would be WHY ????
netgear hit a home run with the RBK50 kit and has been acclaimed and reviewed as by far the best of the distributed wifi / mesh systems on the market
the main claim to fame being that awesome 1733Mbackhaul
i can understand dropping the usb cause lets face it the usb has never worked anyway
but to essentially chop in half its backhaul throughput to make it $50 cheaper makes little sense to me * in the case of the rbs40 ) and its suggested less coverage
the rbs30 plug mounted mode drops the ethernet and usb and even less coverage for another $50 less
to be honest with you i dont know who was in the focus group when it came to these two units but the logic couldnt have come from a performance or technical point of view
why take what is the best of what it does and make it worse just to fit into a price point , would have been far more logical to work on ways to make the existing RBS50 cheaper but keeping the part that matter the most eg the 1733Mbackhaul
i will prob get flamed for my opinion on these units but when i read the press release my first thought was WHY!!!!
netgear made a product that soars with the eagles but now adds bits that just fly with the rest of the turkeys
just to make sure im not missing something here , the rbs 40 or 30 still have to connect to the orbi router right and not mesh onto the sat
you still have to use the RBR50 orbi router with its 1733M backhaul transmission that wont get used in ether the 40 or 30 version
imho its a backward step for netgear not adding to the range as they claim
pete
oh and i forgot when did the RBS50 orbi sat suddenly get extra coverage as claims in the press release
the orbi sat rbs50 alway was rated at 2000 sqft , now its suddenly 2500sqft
so are they saying the rbs50 has increased its range ? i think i know the answer
Well BestBuy and MicroCenter still have th 50 priced at $349.99 but I'm sure the next stock will be back to the $399.99 price. Decisions about getting it...
whsbuss-1 wrote:Well BestBuy and MicroCenter still have th 50 priced at $349.99 but I'm sure the next stock will be back to the $399.99 price. Decisions about getting it...
well if you want to get the full and real benefit of the orbi system grab the RBK50 , anything else is a compromise even if it is cheaper
the graph above shows why the orbi is so much better , halve that backhaul and you will halve that throughput
along with the media bridge throughput will be halved
(image from smallnetbuilder review )
A couple of comments:
1. Based on extensive testing in the field, we realized that we were conservative in our initial assessment of coverage. Then we layered in some firmware updates to support things like DFS channel support, which moves connectivity to a relatively uncongested channel, improving throughput and increasing coverage area of the RBR50 & RBS50 to 2,500 sq ft each.
2. the RB*50 devices aren't going anywhere, they're still the top of the line Orbi, devices. We're going to continue to add features to Orbi OS through software updates. Stay tuned.
NETGEAR Product Team.
sorry but
point 1 makes no sense , you cant just get extra 20% coverage by using quite channels , i think 5000sqft is an over estimation unless you are talking outdoors , indoors the backhaul starts to drop after about 10 meters
point 2 , its obvious the rbk50 isnt going anywhere , but again WHY a 2 x 2 sat
stay tuned , we have been waiting a long time already , still no usb , no word on ethernet backhaul , no qos to name a few
