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Aspirant

Apr 30, 2020

Orbi Top Talker

There is no more possibilities to check, for each device connected, the bandwidth consumption - in real time - (as we did in previous Netgear routers / WIFI). For me it's a huge weakness for a syste...

Luminary

Apr 30, 2020

However using a router and the Orbi in AP mode couldn't solve the problem of mooney21

FURRYe38 wrote:
If Orbi isn't something tuned for your liking, then you might find a router that does and use the Orbi in AP mode to take advantage of the wifi MESH system. You can connect Orbi to any router.

Guru - Experienced User

Apr 30, 2020

That maybe handled by what ever router he gets that can check each device. The Orbi in AP mode is just mostly pass thru traffic to the up stream router.

kildare
Luminary
May 01, 2020
Honestly, in my 25-years work as a computer engineer, I've never found a WAN router of the consumer/prosumer/small business class that was able to calculate and show the bandwidth occupation (transfer rate) of the single devices connected to an access point, but only statistics calculated on its ports basis (LAN or WAN), and I've used and configured routers from very many manufacturers (Cisco, Linksys, Asus, Netgear, D-Link, Zyxel, Tp-Link, DrayTek, Huawei, ...).

Nonetheless such a router might exist, but would be very hard to find…

Anyway, what @mooney21 is looking for is probably something like what the Asus ZenWiFi AX provides, as can be seen in the attached image.
- FURRYe38
  Guru - Experienced User
  May 01, 2020
  Agreed.
  Been working with routers and such for a while now as well. Asus seems to be the best or have more of what the OP is looking for if thats what they need.
  
  Good Luck.