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RBE971S- Verifying I Don't Accidentally Purchase a Satellite.
Hello,
I am looking to add an Access Point to my current system. I am interested in the Orbi 970 Series single Router unit that I see on netgear.com. I found a recent post with the router unit set up as an Access Point, just like I wish to use it as, so that quells that worry that I had. But it is confusing shopping around and I do not want to accidentally get a Satellite unit instead. Can anyone please recommend what I need? From perusing netgear.com I believe I should get an RBE971S? For example Microcenter.com shows "Mfr Part #: RBE970-100NAS" . Is this correct, or did they incorrectly describe it as a router when it is a satellite? (Thanks in Advance for your guidance).
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There is no RBE971S. After 8 years, Netgear changed the naming convention for Orbi products.
Since 2016, Orbis were named:
- RBRxx0 for the 'router'
- RBSxx0 for the 'satellite'
- RBKxxx for a 'kit' containing one router and a number of satellites
The WiFi7 970 and 770 products are named
- RBE971 and RBE771 for the 'router
- RBE970 and RBE770 for the 'satellite'
- RBE972S and RBE973S for a 'set' consisting of two or three devices (one router and one or two satellites)
Annoying.
- Thank you for clarifying! (I'm sure it doesn't help that I prefer the white, or is that "S"ilver over black). When I click the single unit option, (which is sometimes separated with the regular routers section, and at other times like now with the multipacks on sale with the 970 2 and 3 packs)...
RBE973S or any S after the model number is just marketing for Armor and that particular bundled package with S means it comes with 1 year of free Armor subscription.
- “970” is used in the Netgear Wifi 7 Series name which is probably what causes the confusion, as “970” is also used in the model number (RBE970) of the satellite(s) used in an Orbi 970 Series WiFi 7 mesh node network behind an RBE971 model Router. (No extra charge for the longest run-on sentence posted on the Community so far this evening!)
