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2000M Fibre Broadband and Orbi Routers
Hi there,
I have 2000m fibre broadband being installed in my home soon. The broadband provider wants to provide the Wifi router for my home use ( TP-Link Archer AX72 Pro) but I prefer to use my own which is an Orbi RBR750.
Is my Orbi RBR750 compatible with a 2000m fibre network or do I need to upgrade to a newer model?
If it is compatible, do I need to configure differently or just plug in a single ethernet line from the providers cable modem?
Thanks in advance for reading and responding. Have a nice day!
Paul
they want to install the Tp-Link because it has a multi-gigabit port (but it only has 1x of them). Your RBK750 doesn't. Its limited to gigabit-only speeds.
Will it work with your service? Yes. But you won't get full multigig speeds.
If you're wanting mesh, you'd need to upgrade.
Or you can keep your current setup. It just means you won't be maxing out the 2gig speeds.
If you're wanting to max out the 2gig speeds with a mesh system, you'd need to upgrade to the RBK860 series (only 1 multigig port), the RBK960 series (2x multigig ports for in and out), or the RBK970 series (6x multigig ports).
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they want to install the Tp-Link because it has a multi-gigabit port (but it only has 1x of them). Your RBK750 doesn't. Its limited to gigabit-only speeds.
Will it work with your service? Yes. But you won't get full multigig speeds.
If you're wanting mesh, you'd need to upgrade.
Or you can keep your current setup. It just means you won't be maxing out the 2gig speeds.
If you're wanting to max out the 2gig speeds with a mesh system, you'd need to upgrade to the RBK860 series (only 1 multigig port), the RBK960 series (2x multigig ports for in and out), or the RBK970 series (6x multigig ports).
Thank you for taking the time out to reply. This is super clear. I now need to decide if I stick with 1000m or upgrade to the 2000m and buy a new mesh system......Not worth having the 2000m service if I am not fully utilising
Appreciate the adivce.
Regards,
I would caution on getting invested in multigigabit internet. Usually the only things can can saturate or get higher than gigabit speeds is speedtest sites. Most web servers aren't going to saturate those speeds because if they did it for everyone, they wouldn't have any capacity or would have to pay an excessive amount for their servers.
I really didn't notice much difference going from 300mbps to 1.2gig service. Again, because the servers supplying your speeds, aren't going to saturate it.
Plus most services don't take much speed anyway.
Streaming 4k only takes 25-40mbps.
Gaming is even less than that.
So unless you're moving significantly large data files/databases, you won't see a whole lot of difference from 1 gig to 2 gig service.
So I'd caution investing a bunch of money in a new system yet.
Maybe in a year (or couple) when multigig routers are more common it'd be a bit more fiscally viable.
That is sound advice and makes a lot of sense. I think I will reconsider my plans for 2000M. Maybe in a couple of years and to be honest 1000m has served me pretty well so far
Thanks once again