NETGEAR ADDS THE WORLD’S FIRST QUAD-BAND WIFI 6E MESH SYSTEM TO THE ORBI FAMILY

[ChristineT]

Hello Orbi Community!

We have some exciting news to share with you today! Please check out our latest press release.

NETGEAR ADDS THE WORLD’S FIRST QUAD-BAND WIFI 6E MESH SYSTEM TO THE ORBI FAMILY 

Here are some more helpful links to learn more:

Pre-Order Now: Orbi WiFi 6E

Pre-Order Now: Orbi WiFi 6E Black Edition (Exclusive only on NETGEAR.com)

Orbi WiFi 6E Key Features

What is Quad Band?

What is the difference between WiFi 6E and WiFi 6?

Do I need a WiFi 6E router to use WiFi 6E compatible products?

~ NETGEAR Team

[FURRYe38 · Accepted solution]

Nice to see a Black case syle. Thank you NG for listening to requests for this:

https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/rbke963b/

[plemans]

Thanks for posting this @ChristineT !

I'll be excited to see some reviews of how it performs

[FURRYe38 · Accepted solution]

Nice to see a Black case syle. Thank you NG for listening to requests for this:

https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/rbke963b/

[Ragar99]

$1499, LOL that is insane.

[plemans]

the competitors triband mesh system with 6E is $1200. So I wouldn't call the first quad band device crazy priced. But it does push it out of the league for a lot of people. 

[Ragar99]

There are barely any WiFI 6 clients yet, much less 6E.  6E mesh will be a really cool thing to have in about 3 years.  By then I bet the Costco price for Orbi 6E mesh will be the same as Orbi 6 today.

[Derpy_panda]

I'm excited to see that Netgear is finally started to release Wi-Fi 6E devices, I'm just a little confused why the $1500 price? Is there a ton of devices coming in 2022 that support the new 6Ghz frequency?

[FURRYe38]

Not a ton but slowly building. I bought a 6Ghz PCI adapter card off Amazon for fairly inexpensive. iPhone 13 was thought to have 6Ghz support but no. I presume something afterwards. 6Ghz won't be fully certified until next year or after so 6Ghz is still being vetted out. It's still in flux. 

[opus123]

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@Ragar99 wrote:

$1499, LOL that is insane.

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I also like how they make it seem like giving you the ability to have a seperate SSID for the 2.4ghz band is some huge new feature. 

[Echostorm]

Will the AXE system be compatible with AX satellites?  Meaning if we keep our RBS 850 satellites can we use them are wireless satellites in the new mesh network with the RBK953 router and satellites?

[ant]

Will it be autoupgrading, and buggy and unstable like their older and current Orbi models? 😕

[tarcvf]

This is going to be a great addition and this Orbi looks Super charged... Still don't have more than a couple of WiFi6E devices, hopefully we will see a trend soon. Also with the bandwidth prices going down, the 10G ethernet port is a great addition... I know many many not agree but again this is the move in the right direction. 

The price definitely puts this out of reach of many, but I see the price coming down after a few months with discounts offered by wholesellers like in the past. 

[tak1313]

Can't do 3 bands right, and they're going to do 4 bands AND charge people more for it...

[jordand]

Maybe they can start by making all of their current products functional instead of releasing more overpriced doorstoppers.