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tom488
May 06, 2017Aspirant
Orbi RBK40 system and building construction issues
I would replace my R6300v2 router / EX6100 extender combination with an Orbi system if it would solve the problem of poor WiFi performance we are having. We need to get good 5G signal from one end o...
cyberprashant
Jul 10, 2017Luminary
If you have a bad wifi coverage construction house - if you're gonna do an orbi get the RBK50 AC3000 kit, the RBK40 is a watered down version and the range sucked compared to the RBK50. It was night and day when I tried it against the RBK50 - I have a number of issues in my house which make wifi coverage poor and the ORBI RBK50 system works great! ( i got mine from costco so you get 2 satellites and 1 router base). I had all sorts of problems with extenders (lag and dropout) despite the RE6700 Linksys extender which is supposed to be really good - all those issues went away with orbi.