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Before you buy the orbi system - what you need to know performance and feature wise
hi guys i have started this post to clear up some misconceptions about the orbi system and where its aimed and what it can do first what it can do provide overall better wifi coverage by ...
oh and i forgot
no usb functionality at this stage ether
there is a long list of things that ether will be added or may be added but no real ETA on when or if they will be implemented , only time will tell
pete
hi
just for info you can put the stock asus rt-ac68u firmware on that t-mobile branded box and then you will have the updates etc , more info over at the smallnetbuilder forums if you want to try it out
however you can just plug the orbi router direct into that cable modem and use it in router mode
wifi calling should work fine as i have tested it here as long as you have enough bandwidth capacity
The ASUS firmware will not go in, t-mobile modified it enough that it won't happen. ASUS support Confirmed this, they said nothing they can do for me. Now you can flash it to an ASUS firmware, but that takes away the t-mobile instructions. All I need for wifi calling is strong internet. The t-mobile one just slowed other traffic while you were on phone. Anyways, I had already mailed it back. Even better, I have their 4G tower. This plugs into your network, and they send a 4g signal through the web to the tower. My house has 4 bars of 4G now
Jryan619 wrote:
The ASUS firmware will not go in, t-mobile modified it enough that it won't happen. ASUS support Confirmed this,wrong
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- Well if you want to go though all that, my time and energy is worth more than the time you expend doing all that, for a modem that will still be old. I want new
1300M 5 gig and 600M 2.4 gig is the current usable standard , which the t-mobile / rt-ac68u is , any thing else is attempting to future proof in a world of tech that changes by the week
orbi is a different solution to wifi but is no newer in its standards wifi wise