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Aspirant

May 21, 2018

Would you recommend Netgear ORBI?

Hello All, We will be moving into a new home next week. The home has three levels and aprox 4000 sq ft so I am thinking a mesh system would be benificial specifically RBK53 from Costco. We also hav...

Guru - Experienced User

May 21, 2018

Im using the 40 series system in a 5000sq ft home. 40 feet in between the router and 1 satellite. Stellar coverage, range and performance.

avtella
Prodigy
May 21, 2018
Works pretty well RBK53 in my case. Only thing agitating is that you can’t seperate the 2.4 and 5Ghz ssids.
- tagteam
  Virtuoso
  May 21, 2018
  avtella wrote:
  Works pretty well RBK53 in my case. Only thing agitating is that you can’t seperate the 2.4 and 5Ghz ssids.
  
  Actually, you can but the procedure is somewhat involved.
  
  https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/How-to-set-a-separate-SSID-for-the-5-GHz-network-on-your-Orbi/td-p/1396594
  - avtella
    Prodigy
    May 21, 2018
    Yeah I saw that earlier, but was hoping for a UI option in the future.
    
    I think what peteytesting didn’t get in that thread is there instances where this so called intelligent band steering is detrimental like when transferring files to a NAS and you get shifted to 2.4Ghz and watch the transfer time increase like 3-4 fold. This is where having separate ids works better.