Has anyone seen the tech specs on the newly announced Orbi? I hope the AC speeds to the units will be faster than the 867MB (as well as the faster backhaul)

https://www.cnet.com/au/news/netgear-orbi-mesh-router-gets-a-next-gen-wifi-6-edition-at-ces-2019/ Some Specs: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3215907/mobile-wireless/why-80211ax-is-the-next-big-thing-in-wi-fi.html

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13802/netgear-orbi-ax-qualcomm

A few thoughts: Some on the AC version have posted they have 4-6 running:https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/ORBI-How-many-satellites-does-my-router-support/td-p/1561820There are other threads on this too. "It works" vs "It's supported" are two different things though. Regarding AX, if you are going to wire the 7 you want, then it being AX is irrelevant. AX only would apply to the wireless backhaul, if at all. There is a dedicated radio/channel set aside for the wireless backhaul and I think that is what you are asking about in regards to bandwidth? Wired backhaul bandwith would be 1Gbps LAN, provided your cabling and any switches you have support that, and would not use any AX functionality. Overall, there are several other considerations - processing, memory, the ability of the UI to support/show each of them, etc. The hardware listed here is likely to be better on AX version, but not because of the AX radios - only because, well, it's newer and it's been some time since the AC version was released. With 8 Orbi's running - I'm not sure how many clients you intend to support - but that may be an issue for you too. Either that or you have a very large compound, and just want super great coverage ;-) (I understand if so!) They have said they will release this stuff this year, so for now you likely need to just stay tuned. I'm sure more details will surface soon.

Thanks. I see it has the AX backhaul which is fine. But what about the actual PCs to the Unit speeds Secondly if you are using ethernet backhaul. They should open up the dedicated band for the backhaul for devices to connect :p

Depends on client device or adapters used in the PC. Currenly nothing on the market yet for AX in regards to client HW.

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FURRYe38
Guru
Jan 09, 2019
https://www.cnet.com/au/news/netgear-orbi-mesh-router-gets-a-next-gen-wifi-6-edition-at-ces-2019/

Some Specs:

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3215907/mobile-wireless/why-80211ax-is-the-next-big-thing-in-wi-fi.html
tagteam
Virtuoso
Jan 09, 2019
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13802/netgear-orbi-ax-qualcomm
- AKLGUY
  Apprentice
  Jan 09, 2019
  Thanks. I see it has the AX backhaul which is fine. But what about the actual PCs to the Unit speeds
  
  Secondly if you are using ethernet backhaul. They should open up the dedicated band for the backhaul for devices to connect :p
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Jan 09, 2019
    Depends on client device or adapters used in the PC. Currenly nothing on the market yet for AX in regards to client HW.
randomousity
Luminary
Jan 10, 2019
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-Mesh-Wi-Fi-with-Wi-Fi-6-For-The-Gigabit-Internet-Home/m-p/1688178
- davidloepp
  Aspirant
  Mar 18, 2019
  Is it a waste of money buying this unit when NETGEAR plans on releasing a Wi-Fi 6 version of Orbi this summer. Yes I know a lot of devices are Wi-Fi 6 compatible but I want to know will I benefit more from OFDMA in these units.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Mar 18, 2019
    Currently there but only a few that are WiFi 6 compatible I think. Samsung being the first with support. Not many others. I heard Apples iphone 10x is going to support it.
Placesandspaces
Apprentice
Jun 30, 2019
So given how WiFi 6 is supposed to work in theory...shouldn’t the AX version of the Orbi to be released later this year support more satellites than the AC version?
- Jeremyinsf
  Apprentice
  Jun 30, 2019
  They do intend to release later this year - but what do you mean about supporting more satellites? The AC version can already handle quite a few depending on topology. The AX version will allow more streams (by AX nature) but I'm not clear how you relate that to satellite count?
  - Placesandspaces
    Apprentice
    Jul 01, 2019
    From what I understand the AC version handles up to 3 or 4 satellites. If Wifi6 is more efficient etc wouldn’t the AX version be able to support even more satellites without eating up a lot of bandwidth? I am looking at running 7 satellites (for the backhaul wired connection) and 1 main unit.

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