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Netgear and thread support
Anyone know what Netgear's planning to do about thread/matter support? I'd hate to think I'm going to have to go eero to get this stuff working - they just don't have Orbi's speed. Not that I...
Also FW version being used on your Orbi AX system?
If that was to me, I'm running V4.6.3.16_2.0.51.
Does anyone have any idea when Netgear will update their model list? I haven't had an RBK53 for two or three years, but it's still the closest thing to my RBK853 mesh.
As far as I've read, to function as a thread edge router your access points need to have Zigbee radios and software compatible with thread. Matter is a pretty big deal as it promises to unify most of your home control IOT islands and make them compatible without protocol exchange hubs (most of which have limited untility anyway).
Really, at Orbi prices they ought to have a trade-in program or an advance exchange program where they exchange the innards with updated hardware to support new features - after all, one of the selling points of wifi 6 and 6e mesh was to support all those IOT devices by handling more clients.
I get pretty jealous of folks with more recent hardware which things like thread edge router support, or LAN ports with greater than gigabit support. After all, my internet from Xfinity is now up to 1.2 gbps, and actually tests out to 1409.76 mbps on the RBR850.
I guess what I'm saying is that an RBK853 system is still around $1000 on Amazon whereas an eero pro is half that - a much easier to bear replacement cost if we have to replace our entire mesh systems for new technology. At Orbi prices, we should have an updatable platform - otherwise the acquisition cost just doesn't make sense.
Of course if you living in a sprawling ginormous home things may be different - but I have to cut down transmit power to get things working properly anyway.