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ChristineT
Mar 28, 2017Administrator
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...
djc6
Mar 29, 2017Luminary
So, the new models still have dedicated backhaul - only 2x2 instead of 4x4? Should still perform better than competition. Just surprised they felt the need for all these different models.
RWB30 satellite is a neat option, I could see preferring that satellite. But not even having one ethernet port is unfortunate, I use the ethernet on my satellites for roku, fire tv, apple tvs and such.
Glad I was able to pickup my RBK53 kit from Costco!
peteytesting
Mar 29, 2017Hero
djc6 wrote:So, the new models still have dedicated backhaul - only 2x2 instead of 4x4? Should still perform better than competition. Just surprised they felt the need for all these different models.
RWB30 satellite is a neat option, I could see preferring that satellite. But not even having one ethernet port is unfortunate, I use the ethernet on my satellites for roku, fire tv, apple tvs and such.
Glad I was able to pickup my RBK53 kit from Costco!
2 x 2 means they will perform at the same level as other systems as thats what they are doing
the RBW30 thing would be good if its mesh based or had dedicated ethernet backhaul , as it is it just means its a smaller coverage area and 2 x 2 based
- JMU1998Mar 29, 2017Luminary
It baffles me why useless decisions are approved by sales execs just to increase their sales numbers and totally trash something that was ahead of the competition why? Why mess with something that was so awesome? Greed!!