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Orbi RBK653 Mesh
I'm looking get in on the cheaper side of WiFi 6 and Tri-band with two satellites. The router is on one end of the house, so I'll need to daisy chain the two extenders to reach the opposite end, abou...
If you're daisy chaining, I'd highly recommend the triband satellites. The dual bands take a significand speed hit when daisy chained.
The only time I recommend the dual bands is if you're planning on hardwiring in the satellites. Then it performs fine.
If you don't mind renewed, there's been some renewed orbi's on amazon
Thanks for taking the time to reply to this hit and run. You confirm my suspicions. I'll check out the renewed options, I've gone that route few times.
How Is the tri-band router paired with dual band satellites setup ever beneficial? I'm having trouble understanding how it could be. The satellites can't communicate with the router on the 2nd 5ghz channel, can they?
How Is the tri-band router paired with dual band satellites setup ever beneficial? I'm having trouble understanding how it could be. The satellites can't communicate with the router on the 2nd 5ghz channel, can they?
eblues wrote:
How Is the tri-band router paired with dual band satellites setup ever beneficial? I'm having trouble understanding how it could be. The satellites can't communicate with the router on the 2nd 5ghz channel, can they?
It costs $150 less. $400 vs. $550. (i.e. the Tri Band solution is 37% more costly.)
Imagine a user who has ethernet wiring in place and thus has no need for WiFi backhaul.
Or, imagine a user who has modest WiFi needs. All the TV's use cable or satellite. An internet gaming is wired. The internet speed is only 200Mbps. Those satellites may be able to handle modest user WiFi and backhaul all on one 5G channel.
For either of those two consumers, paying more may not get them any observable benefit.
- Thanks for your reply. What I'm trying to ask is, Netgear is packaging a tri-band router with dual band satellites, and advertising it as a tri-band system. Isn't that a bit misleading? Does this arrangement somehow perform better than a similar system with a comprable speed dual band router?
I've never used/tested/played with this specific system. I know if uses the RBR750 so you could always add triband extenders. And I'm not sure if the dual bands satellites connect to the 5ghz backhaul of the rbr750 or if they connect to the fronthaul.
Its an interesting system. Again, it'd be a great system if you were hardwiring in the satellites as it'd perform the same.
I'm not even sure how they're coming up with the AX3000 spec as the router has a AX4200 and the satellites are AX1800. Kind of niche system IMO.
eblues wrote:
Thanks for your reply. What I'm trying to ask is, Netgear is packaging a tri-band router with dual band satellites, and advertising it as a tri-band system. Isn't that a bit misleading? Does this arrangement somehow perform better than a similar system with a comprable speed dual band router?Hit the nail on the head. Advertising.
Actually, yes, this system may have greater performance than a strictly dual band system.
The 750 router probably has a faster chipset in it (Qualcomm IPQ8174) and thus more processing power.
The 750 router will have the typical user facing radio all to itself on 5G channels 36-48 while the satellites will be on the backhaul 5G channel. (157)
See User Manual appendix https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK653/RBK653_UM.pdf