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Pcryan5
Aspirant
Jan 05, 2020

Orbi Tri-RBK50 – supporting 600MB

Sorry for the newbie question.   I have a NETGEAR Orbi Tri-band Whole Home Mesh WiFi System with 3Gbps Speed (RBK50). My ISP is telling me if I want to take advantage of their 600MB speed offer I n...
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 06, 2020

There are several active threads about how well Orbi supports gigabit speed.  Mine certainly does 250mb with no trouble.

 

Technically, Orbi does not have a "bridge" mode.  Is the ISP suggesting a "modem only", or a combination "modem/WiFi/router"?

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Pcryan5
Aspirant
Jan 06, 2020

Thanks for the note!

 

I would place the ISP modem in bridge modem and Susie my ORBI to provide wi-if.

 

 Thanks 

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    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 06, 2020

    I think they are blowing smoke up your skirt.  i.e. perhaps mean well, but are not informed.