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Is the Orbi right for me?
I am thinking about buying the RBK44. But here is what I want to do... Currently I have a linkys wireless router and two linksys wifi repeters that create there own seperate wifi networks. But each of the networks that the repeaters make is just a siwtched network so all devices on all networks can still see each other. That said it is an ulgy support mess and the repeters don't always work and I am getting really sick of dealing with wifi issues. The wired aspect is fine so I am not 100% sure I want to replace that main router but I could. I have two main questions... First if I connect my main Orbi to my existing router and I turn off all wifi functionality on my existing router. Can I use the Orbi to create a nice big mesh wifi network that will be a siwtched network on the same class C address space as my existing wired network. Having all the clients on the Orbi get DHCP from my existing Linksys router? My final question is more general... I know many folks on here are on this page because they have had problems with the Orbi for one reason or another. My question is knowing all you know now would you still recomend and buy an Orbi again or did you just transfer one set of support porblems for another set? I am looking at buying the biggest orbi system (not the fastest) the one that has 1 main unit and 3 repeters so I will have over kill coverage in my house. :)