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Scheak80
Aspirant
May 06, 2019

Best Orbi for my situation

Hello, 

 

I live in a 1400sf square condo and I have 1gbs internet. I'm looking into the Orbi and I need some helo figuring out what would be the best for my situaton? Netgear reccomened this: https://www.netgear.com/orbi/rbk22.aspx and I think that is pretty doable, but I'm not sure if there is something better for me speed. 

 

Any help would be great! 

 

Thanks! 

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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru
    May 06, 2019

    Distance between the router and satellite(s) is 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.

    https://www.netgear.com/orbi/wifi-systems.aspx

     

    Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many? Having many wifi nighbors near by can be problematic and be a congestion for wifi. 

     

    Wired LAN speeds will only see about 900Mb +- while wifi maxes out at 400-500Mb +- dependning upong wireless device design and support. 

     

    What devices do you currently have? Wired and wireless? 

    What kind of operations do you do with the internet? Streaming, surfing, gaming, etc...

    • Scheak80's avatar
      Scheak80
      Aspirant
      May 06, 2019

      I live in a condo, so we have a ton of wifi neighbors (probably more than 10). I currently have a eero that I rent from my ISP, and it's not so bad, but I want something better and Orbi was recommended by everyone. 

       

      Currently, I have a PS4 connected to the modem and everything after is wifi: 

      2 phones

      2 laptops 

      1 desktop 

      1 tv

      1 security system 

      1 thermostat 

       

      I'm a video editor who works from home a lot, so I'm transferring gigs and gigs of files at any given time. We also stream, game, surf and all that fun stuff. Right now the modem and router are in my living room and my office is at the opposite end of the space connect to wifi. I have a eero satellite between the two. In the near future, once we get this Orbi figured out, I'm going to move the modem/router into my office so I can connect my desktop via LAN and then have the living room work off of WIFI. It just needs to be strong enough to game and stream. 

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru
        May 06, 2019

        What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the router is connected too?

         

        Well sounds like you do alot then, you may need a 50 series. The only realy difference between the 20 and 50 is the wireless backhaul of the 50 series at 1700Mb while the 20/40 series are set at 866Mb. Front haul wireless is the same, 866Mb. 

         

        When xfering gigs are you using wireless or wired connections for this? Wired is perferred.