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Orbi 850 vs 960 question
Hi everyone, I’m not super advanced when it comes to this stuff so please bear with me. I’m trying to really future proof my networking and push it out as far as I can. I have 3GB fibre internet...
If you're satellites are hardwired in, they still act as part of the mesh and other satellites can still connect to them.
So I wouldn't worry to much about that.
Your concern is if its worth buying the 960 series for the 2.5gig backhaul or sticking with an 860 with only the 1gig backhaul.
That's something its more on your budget and performance goals to decide.
If your devices that connect to the satellite aren't using the full 1 gig, then its worth sticking with the 860.
But if you're satellites are using 2gig speeds, then it might be worth the jump to the 960 series.
Not really a choice we can make as it isn't our wallets paying for it.
If you're satellites are hardwired in, they still act as part of the mesh and other satellites can still connect to them.
So I wouldn't worry to much about that.
Your concern is if its worth buying the 960 series for the 2.5gig backhaul or sticking with an 860 with only the 1gig backhaul.
That's something its more on your budget and performance goals to decide.
If your devices that connect to the satellite aren't using the full 1 gig, then its worth sticking with the 860.
But if you're satellites are using 2gig speeds, then it might be worth the jump to the 960 series.
Not really a choice we can make as it isn't our wallets paying for it.
Also just to clarify on the 2.5GB wired backhaul question, it was more technical. In that I would need a 2.5GB port on the satellite to fully utilize my 3GB fibre speed correct?
for the satellites, yes.
the router has a 10g port and will support those speeds coming in on the wan port. Problem is all the LAN ports are 1 gig.
The only current netgear mesh system is the RBKE963 that has multi-gig on router and satellites.
- Right so the only way to get the satellites to fully utilize that speed is to go with the 963 series because of the 2.5gb port.
If your devices connected to the satellite even have multigig ports.
You might be surprised at home much data you actually need for speed.
Streaming 4k video only takes 25-40mbps.
I didn't see much difference going from 300mbps to 1.2gig. the servers just aren't there to supply that much speeds.
And your wireless devices aren't going to max out 1 gig unless you're speedtesting.
So its really more about what you use it for than do you want to supply it fully.