Orbi RBR860S vs Nighthawk AX6600 RAX70

What is the size of the home in Sq Feet? 

I would recommend a Orbi 960 series if you have plans to upgrade the ISP past 1Gb. 

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Goshawk2929 wrote:

I currently have Nighthawk AX6600 RAX70 Tri-Band router and looking to upgrade and have lots of questions for those that use Orbi.

 

First off my reason for upgrading is due to getting into home automation.

 

I currently have over 70 devices connected to my RAX70 wirelessly, have 2 Synology NAS devices connected via LAN to router, and network switch connected (as have many smart home hubs).

 

SO one questions I have is IoT.   Upgrading to a router that has IoT setup capability for security purposes and speed/ease of use/setup.

 

From my understanding, non of the Nighthawks offer IoT feature?

Is IoT really good security wise?

 

Is the Ax6000 a stand alone router and can add satellites to create a mesh later? I currently don't need a mesh system with size of my home and location of my router.

 

I had been very happy and comfortable with RAX70 features and setup/modify of settings but with the addition of devices it has really been slowed down.

 

Is Orbi the way to go?  How happy have been those that use just a single Orbi router?

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