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Thinking of upgrading from RBK50 (first-gen Orbi) to 960 / AXE11000
As per subject line - I need some input about upgrading to the latest-and-greatest Orbi. I was an early adopter of the RBK50, when its mesh performance was light years ahead of everything else on...
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sfsdfd2 wrote:
As per subject line - I need some input about upgrading to the latest-and-greatest Orbi.
I was an early adopter of the RBK50, when its mesh performance was light years ahead of everything else on the market.
Over the years, we have vastly expanded our device load to about 60 devices connected at any given time, including streaming video to a projector. Performance under this load is OK but not great - connectivity is sometimes flaky, particularly to Nest cams at the periphery of our (rather small) house. Also, we might upgrade to a 4K streaming service, and I'm concerned that the RBK50 will not be up to the task. So we're thinking of upgrading.
One of my biggest pet peeves over the years has been the processing speed of the RBK50 base unit. Accessing basic configuration pages is painfully slow, taking 30-60 seconds to render *each page*, and sometimes (including tonight) not even possible - the webserver on the device just times out. I presume that it uses a circa-2016 IoT-grade processor with a barely passable amount of memory, and that the flagship 960 probably includes a state-of-the-art processor that could run circles around the RBK50. Also, I presume that the firmware has been given some extra attention to modernize it and justify the price tag.
So, two questions:
1) How is everyone's 960 / AXE11000 experience? Good, bad? Powerhouse or powerhype? Does it make sense for me to upgrade, given the rationale above?
2) How does the configuration of the 960 / AXE11000 compare to that of the RBK50? Is it the same firmware or an improvement? And does the 960 respond well to configuration, or does it exhibit the same slowpoke behavior as the RBK50?
Thank you!