Orbi WiFi 7 RBE973
Reply

Re: Orbi 860 ssid iot or 850

nadrux
Aspirant

Orbi 860 ssid iot or 850

hello i wanted to know if those models have the ssid iot feature ? and wich is better to buy in term of update futurproof etc. (860 is from 2023 and the other from 2020)

 

than you !

Message 1 of 7
FURRYe38
Guru

Re: Orbi 860 ssid iot or 850

Since the 860 series has FW v7 support, yes, it has the IoT support as well. 

Message 2 of 7
nadrux
Aspirant

Re: Orbi 860 ssid iot or 850

thank you for your answer and in term of update/ stability is it better then the old 850 ? ( recent update)

Message 3 of 7
FURRYe38
Guru

Re: Orbi 860 ssid iot or 850

I've not had the 860 series to test with, only the 850 series. I think the only difference was the WAN port, the 860 series has a 10Gb WAN port where the 850 has a 2.5Gb speed on the WAN port. I think everything else was the same. Something you can check out between each model spec sheet to see. 

Message 4 of 7
CrimpOn
Guru

Re: Orbi 860 ssid iot or 850

I agree.  The only significant difference appears to be incorporating a 10G WAN port on the 860 to replace the 2.5G WAN port on the 850.  Both systems have the same Qualcomm IPQ8074A processor. Same RAM. Same storage.

 

https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/orbi/rbk852.pdf 

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBR860S/RBR860S_TS.pdf 

 

The 860 Product Data Sheet makes a vague reference to "new antenna design" on the 860.  They do not look much different from the 850 antennas on the FCC submission internal photos:

https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/PY319200452/5159988 

https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/PY322100556/5989864 

 

Is it worth $300 to have a 10G WAN port?

 

Message 5 of 7
nadrux
Aspirant

Re: Orbi 860 ssid iot or 850

thank you for your annswers guys. I still hesitate tho... the 850 is "old" and yet still expensive but could do the job but i dont know how many time.. the 960 worse in price im not sure  and the 770 im afraid to try another model and having issues with it again (had to return it).... the 760 was reallyyy fine but didnt had the iot ssid...

Message 6 of 7
FURRYe38
Guru

Re: Orbi 860 ssid iot or 850

5 years old for the 850 is not old. Just mature. And stable on v.21 FW. 

Message 7 of 7
Top Contributors
Discussion stats
  • 6 replies
  • 512 views
  • 2 kudos
  • 3 in conversation
Announcements

Orbi 770 Series