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Dustin_V
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Sep 20, 2019

Orbi Dual Band - Whole Home WiFi for the Budget Conscious Household

Better WiFi. Everywhere…for everyone! The newest addition to the Orbi family, Orbi RBK12, brings whole home WiFi to the budget conscious household. As a dual band mesh WiFi system this feature...
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Vcoates_59
Aspirant
Oct 16, 2019
I bought this system because I only wanted WiFi. Do I have to have Internet to use this system
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 16, 2019
Vcoates_59 wrote:
I bought this system because I only wanted WiFi. Do I have to have Internet to use this system

You absolutely do NOT need internet to set up an Orbi WiFi network.  While many of us question, "what's the point?", this question was posed several months ago by someone who was going to set up a network as part of a relief organization overseas.  The servers would be local and medical personnel would use WiFi devices in the compound.  No internet connection was possible, or even desired.

 

So, "Yes, you can."