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Orbi 6 - has anyone upgraded to this from Orbi 50
Wondering if any of you had upgraded from the Orbi 50 to the new WiFi 6 model. I’m tempted - but my head thinks I don’t really need it, although the little boy in me finds the extra power intriguing. ...
Dd852 wrote:
Wondering if any of you had upgraded from the Orbi 50 to the new WiFi 6 model. I’m tempted - but my head thinks I don’t really need it, although the little boy in me finds the extra power intriguing. I’d be interested in any real world experience.
WIFI 6 is a lot faster than WIFI 5 etc. With that said all your devices will have to support WIFI 6 in order to benefit from the faster throughput. Your older devices will not be faster and will not benefit from WIFI 6. A WIFI 6 router will not help your internet speed, unless your provider supports it. Speaking for my area, there is no support for WIFI 6 by my ISPs.
I'm not saying don't buy it, but unless you are willing to do a massive upgrade, there will be no benefit.
We have installed a few WIFI 6 mesh networks in office environments where all the PCs are connected wirelessly using WIFI 6 NICs. It is very fast and stable.