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Pros

The orbi 860s easily covers my 4000 sq ft living area! We are in an 1800 sq foot house and the coverage is monstrous, even outside. We have a 2700 square foot two story home and it reaches everywhere including outdoors.

Wifi speed <100mg/sec up and down with 1gb input from isp. Speeds are better, but not 900up and down better lol. The other password is if you want to log into the system on the internet. It is the first entry into your wifi network once it leaves y...  Read More



Cons

System has some major flaws with the satellites connecting to the router. Coverage through the house was not up to the hype that is pitched in their advertising. Service is horrible.

The isp is not the issue. The problem is that the system needs to be rebooted constantly to maintain a good download speed. Then hold reset for 30 seconds the.

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Quality


I had no idea how bad it was until i installed this one and my signal was exponentially improved in all areas of our house and ...  Read More


The signal strength within our home is very strong.


The address changes played hell with my network printers and storage for a few hours but nothing that couldn’t be resolved.


We are in an 1800 sq foot house and the coverage is monstrous, even outside.

Price


Shell out the money if you can afford it.


The orbi is a bit expensive, but worth the price for my needs.

Shipping


Input speed at router-331 mb/s up and 329 down.

Competitiveness


This is one of the most expensive wi fi solutions out there and i was hoping to see a vast improvement over the google mesh sys...  Read More


Netgear threw me to tds who tossed me back to netgear after they said they do not help with third party routers.


Its parent company is well respected, cisco, and they do make a competitive wifi model similar to this netgear orbi.


I had a older lynksys wifi router which at its first offering was top of the line.

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  • Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 96 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 22 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However we started getting many dropped connections after a few years of using it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Basically one password is for logging into your router


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The other password is if you want to log into the system on the internet


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    There are passwords preassigned that are labeled under the main router and satellite router i bought both


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However i recommend changing the password as the preassigned passwords might be easy to hack


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I didnt know it was advised to not only have antivirus on your devices but also important to have security on the router itself


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Because that is the first entry into your wifi network once it leaves your modem from cable company into your base router


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This may be one of the reasons i was getting dropped wifi in my previous router because that is one the telltale signs of a possible hack in

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