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Nighthawk Mesh Q&A with Product Manager, Arun K. - May 27 to June 2
Update: The Nighthawk Mesh Q&A has been extended through Tuesday, June 2! Here is your chance to ask your Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 System questions to Arun, so don't miss out!
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Can you discuss the differences between a Nighhawk setup and the Orbi setup? Trying to understand which is the bext option for my house and my families use. I have a single story 1500sq/ft house with some outdoor space we'd like coverage in. Thanks.
Fscscott wrote:Can you discuss the differences between a Nighhawk setup and the Orbi setup? Trying to understand which is the bext option for my house and my families use. I have a single story 1500sq/ft house with some outdoor space we'd like coverage in. Thanks.
Fscscott Nighthawk Mesh and Orbi WiFi 6 both support WiFi 6. The Nighthawk Mesh is a dual-band system while the Orbi WiFi 6 is a tri-band system.
For a small to medium home with a 100-300Mbps internet connectivity, you may find Nighthawk Mesh as a good option. For a larger house with gigabit internet connection the Orbi WiFi 6 RBK852 may be a better option since there is a 2.5G port for the WAN. Another thing to consider is number of wired devices. NIghthawk Mesh has 1 lan port each on the router and satellite while Orbi RBK852 has 4. Orbi is installed and managed using the Orbi app while Nighthawk Mesh is installed and managed by the Nighthawk app. In both the systems, you can add additional satellites to extend coverage as needed.