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Pulpure
Aug 29, 2020Tutor
Wifi 6 Router
Hello I was very happy with the Nighthawk Mesh Wifi 6 being able to successfully set up. One thing I notice was that you can not manually select the band (2.4GHz or 5GHz) I can only set...
Pulpure
Aug 29, 2020Tutor
If I find that I am not getting a good wifi signal at a certain area of the house does that mean setting up the satellite there would not be the ideal place?
plemans
Aug 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
For the most part, sure.
The orbi might have better range connection but it still needs a decent wireless backhaul to function.
You can log into the routers login page and check the backhaul status.
- PulpureAug 29, 2020Tutor
Orbi and Nighthawk
What are the difference?
- plemansAug 29, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Pulpure wrote:Orbi and Nighthawk
What are the difference?
Orbi: netgears Mesh systems
Nighthawk: netgears performance router systems.
- PulpureAug 29, 2020Tutor
I bought the nighthawk mesh wifi 6 router I did hear about Orbi mesh router as well but I thought the orbi was for businesses and not for regular home use. Is Orbi like the top tier and Nighthawk being at the average tier?