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Time to upgrade?
Hello all, wants to say thanks first for the the advice. I currently have the rbk50 setup with 3 decent gaming PCs and 2 playstations along with a bunch of smart devices, ring package (alarm camera). ...
As plemans suggested and gave info. May not be worth it, and if your ISP is Spectrum, they are hard to deal with when it comes to user owned modems. So if you run into problems with your own modem, good luck in dealing with Spectrum. It would be best to use one of there modem only units. I would recommend the CM1200 as I enjoy mine, however don't have Spectrum. Experiences differ with different ISPs. If Orbi 50 series is stable and working well for you, use it until such time as you see fit to get into something else.
Please mark your thread as solved so others will know.
Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy.
Hammyhouse wrote:Okay so i did a firmware update , made some changes i found throught the community. (fast roaming turned off etc.) seems to be alot more stable. Im pulling 495 down and 20 up off a 400/20 service (spectrum).
Now with all said would you see a reason to upgrade anything in my network? Orbi is 2 years old working fine though. I have some reward points to use and can get the cm1200 modem over provider modem but is it really worth it?
I do plan on adding some more smart device but the rbk50 states it can handle a decent amount of devices.
Thanks for your input.
Okay so i did a firmware update , made some changes i found throught the community. (fast roaming turned off etc.) seems to be alot more stable. Im pulling 495 down and 20 up off a 400/20 service (spectrum).
Now with all said would you see a reason to upgrade anything in my network? Orbi is 2 years old working fine though. I have some reward points to use and can get the cm1200 modem over provider modem but is it really worth it?
I do plan on adding some more smart device but the rbk50 states it can handle a decent amount of devices.
Thanks for your input.
As plemans suggested and gave info. May not be worth it, and if your ISP is Spectrum, they are hard to deal with when it comes to user owned modems. So if you run into problems with your own modem, good luck in dealing with Spectrum. It would be best to use one of there modem only units. I would recommend the CM1200 as I enjoy mine, however don't have Spectrum. Experiences differ with different ISPs. If Orbi 50 series is stable and working well for you, use it until such time as you see fit to get into something else.
Please mark your thread as solved so others will know.
Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy.
Hammyhouse wrote:Okay so i did a firmware update , made some changes i found throught the community. (fast roaming turned off etc.) seems to be alot more stable. Im pulling 495 down and 20 up off a 400/20 service (spectrum).
Now with all said would you see a reason to upgrade anything in my network? Orbi is 2 years old working fine though. I have some reward points to use and can get the cm1200 modem over provider modem but is it really worth it?
I do plan on adding some more smart device but the rbk50 states it can handle a decent amount of devices.
Thanks for your input.
FYI the CM1200 is a modem only. No router built in here.
it has 4 ports on it wouldnt that act as a switch...i saw it had link aggregation
No...the CM is a modem ONLY. The ports in the back are WAN side ports, thus if a ISP supports giving out more than 1 WAN IP address to 1 modem, i.e CM1200, then each of these ports can support a different WAN IP address on each port for the 1 modem. Do not confuse multiple ports on the CM1200 for a router. This is NOT the case on the CM1200. It's a Modem ONLY!
Thank you for the clarification i just pulled up the user manual and cunfused my self with link aggregation. thanks for everyone help!
LInk Agg is for connections with external routers that support LAG on there WAN side ports to the CM1200. Like the Orbi RBR850 is one, there are other models that support LAG on the WAN side.
How much gaming do you do? Moderate or often and heavy? How many gaming devices do you have?
Multiple gaming devcies at same time or one at a time?
So i play warzone on my pc just about every other day, my son plays ps5 24/7 basically. My daughter plays valorant all the time via pc. There home during summer but basically everynight they play.
And does current router system work for you three?
Maybe something like NG XR series gaming router could be something up for review if you don't think currnet system is working well for gaming.