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Please add in a feature to disable SSID broadcast on the Orbi Tri-band RBR850. The stated reason of "you don't need it" is clearly contradicted by the number of people who have been asking for it, a...
Update: I already returned my orbi 753S to Costco, just could not beat my old tp-link c9 for my use case. Hiding SSID is one thing, where I just wanted to hide a channel for myself from my families, not about any security reason. The other thing is orbi has much less control/customization, admin ui is ugly, speed is even a little bit slower than c9. The worst thing for me is I have to worry about which node my device is connecting to, which of 2.4g/5g it is on. I prefer manually set than automatic.
My house is not that large, so I can only use 2 nodes, where adding the 3rd node would have negative impact, e.g., introducing hops between nodes, and significantly adding latency.
My house does not actually need a mesh system, once I wired ethernet cable and put my c9 at the center of my house. But for a larger house that one router is not able to cover, orbi would be a better choice.