Orbi Mesh WiFi System (RBK352) | WiFi 6 Mesh Router with 1 Satellite Extender |WiFi Mesh Whole Home Dual Band Coverage up to 2,500 sq. ft. and 30 Devices | AX1800 WiFi 6 (Up to 1.8 Gbps)

The dream - is fast, solid, stable WI-FI in every room, with not much messing about during setup, and no need to switch from network to network. You are thinking to yourself "I want to just go up and down stairs, out to the shed, down the garden and in the garage on my WI-FI network. I Just want to connect and not think about it" - Well YES, this product will do that. Its fast, and once its working (read on) its really solid, sometimes my devices choose a weird base point to join, so for example, a printer in my office (next to an access point) has decided to connect to the living room base point which is a long way away ... it works its just odd? Can I change the default base station for a device ? No. I do like the guest network settings, so if you have a cafe, or B&B and you want to use EPOS and "private" devices such as laptops, tablets, Sonos speakers for example, then the private network is perfect. Then you can simply create another "guest" network with a different password and give different access to people. The setup was great - (but there is a down side so read on) - This system uses a wizard to set you up, it works and it took the pain out of it. BUT. a big BUT... If you want to play Jazz with it, like fiddle with settings, or do some pro setup of your network then you are going to be disappointed. It does it one way and that it... It works perfectly (mostly) but it's very restricted. Something that is REALLY GOOD, is the switch handling - So I have a load of devices, like Philips Hue, Smartthings, Hive heating, NAS storage boxes, Sonos devices, and the all need a base station type connections somewhere. With a Cable to a router somewhere. So buy a cheap Netgear (or whatever) un-managed switch like "NETGEAR 8 Port Gigabit Network Switch GS108 £25 on Amazon" and just plug everything in, then connect it to a single Ethernet port on the ORBI base station - and wow wow wow it just all works. If you want to tinker and play jazz (read on) you can't - it works but there is no controls you to touch - that might sound like heaven or hell depending on your skill level ! It is very restricted to "home users" with kids... The safety settings, and internet restrictions are powerful but pointless if you just trust your family or want "normal" internet. I turned on Parental controls by accident, and when I tried to turn it off I managed to lock everyone (including myself) out of the internet. Support gave me nothing useful (using my phone 3g to access) so in the end I did a hardware reset to factory setting and started all over again. Painful day that was.... Not sure I like the Rewards feature of the parental controls - granting "internet time rewards" for good behaviour sound like a house I would not like to grow up in.... but I am old and have no children so I will let you be the judge of this feature. Here is the BIG negative. - Netgear I expected better. - This system is basically only compatible with itself. There are lots and lots of NETGEAR ORBI models and kits, too many to count, and basically they all do the same thing - some faster, some with more concurrent connections, newer models with more whizzy stuff but in principal all doing the same job. EACH SYSTEM IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER - RBK752, RBK762 base stations and extension points will not work with other Netgear Obi systems - you have to have the exact model from a look up table on Netgears website to extend the system. That has got to be deliberate ! I only found out this when I purchased an extra pair of satellite range extenders which looked identical but were not compatible - I Had to return them. BAD NEWS - I could not buy single or even (at the time) double satellites that were compatible with my existing ORBI system- even though it was pretty new, so after only 9 months, even though nothing was faulty with them at all, I had to but this system again NEW because it was the only way to get my hands on compatible satellites to extend the range. BOOoo Netgear. For a system that is supposed to be fully extendable, and totally "capable" of connecting everything together, that's is job at the end of the day, I fail to see why NETGEAR have chosen to build in incompatibility into their systems with no way to join or extend freely from the range. With the benefit of hind site - I should have just paid a lot less for a mesh network, I don't know how much better this is for the money, but I help a friend set up a DecoAX3000 the other day and it was brilliant, at a quarter of the cost. I don't expect that to last a lifetime but I can buy one every two years for a decade for the price of the ORBI !

I recently purchased an Orbi RBK352 system (1 x base unit & 1 satellite) as a Christmas present for my daughter. I had previously done some research as to the best systems on the market and Which had given this Orbi system a 90% top rating. The router in her house is on the opposite side to her office, where the wifi is absolutely woeful. As I'm going to be installing this on Christmas Eve, I thought I'd try it out in my own house first, just to make sure there were no 'hidden' issues. My daughter and husband aren't really 'techie' so I'll just be setting it up in 'Access Point' mode. It really is plug and play. I setup the base unit first - the instructions were clear and took a couple of minutes to change the mode. I then connected the base unit to my BT HomeHub6. Using the Orbi app on my smartphone, I checked the connection. I had internet (150Mbps) and my wifi connection was 856Mbps. Perfect! I now took the satellite and set it up in my loft, which is about as far away as you can get from my router. I plugged it in and synced it with the base unit - it took a couple of minutes to connect. Reception brilliant! The wifi in my own house isn't that good but now it's great. So I'm keeping it! I've just had to go out and buy another Orbi system for my daughter's Christmas present. I work in IT, and for my own house, I wanted to use the base unit in 'router' mode to replace my BTHomeHub6. That's where I came across a few 'issues'. Whilst it is possible to replace the BTHomeHub with a separate modem (expensive - and not an option for me), it took quite a few Google searches to find out how best to leave the BTHomeHub6 in place as a primary router and setup the Orbi base unit as a secondary router. A more knowledgeable IT friend of mine explained that I just needed to setup the Orbi on a separate subnet and everything would work fine, which it did. There was no information on the Netgear site to help me regarding this issue. This is a great piece of kit which I highly recommend.

So, the only reason I've given this product 4 out of 5 stars is because it's so expensive. Apart from that, this device has solved so many problems. I am so happy with it. I have a lot of internet enabled devices in my smart home. My old router wasn't coping. Facetime was breaking up. Devices were losing connections. Streaming services were stop/start/stop/start. Enter Orbi ... You put your old router into modem mode (Consult your ISP for details on this), connect your Orbi to your router (now acting as a modem), and follow the setup procedure in the app. It's actually quite a simple setup procedure. I had it all up and running in no time. Now I'm getting maximum speed from everywhere, including the bathroom. All of my devices are connected, working and responding quickly and reliably. Facetime is high quality, stable and clear. The only issue I've had is with a network drive which sometimes doesn't seem to respond. I'm still investigating that. At one point I tried to get tech support using chat on the app. I got in the queue and then it told me some time later, moving down the queue, that support was not available. So thumbs down for that. The system seems stable. I've only had it 2 days and not really had any problem with it. But, it has only been 2 days, so I've taken a star off for stability just in case. So, in conclusion, my advice is ... take a deep breath, pay the money (As a general piece of advice, I would say never buy anything on credit. Save up for it. Don't get yourself into debt on credit cards, overdrafts etc), get the Orbi and enjoy trouble free WiFi.

I needed a wifi system to cover a large area efficiently. I trawled sites and found Netgear's AX4200. I could add another satellite if the coverage was not enough. It was simple to set up with the App and I found the coverage excellent. Much, much better than my previous wifi system. I can now work anywhere in my house and data is not dropped or delayed. It was more expensive than my previous system, but I would never go back to it. I will keep using Netgear products in future. Subsequent improvement by adding a second satellite I live in a bungalow with lots of brick walls between rooms. Also it is well spread out. In my office, which adjoins the kitchen I kept getting drop outs. This occurred when people were in the kitchen blocking the in-line, but highly attenuated path from the base unit. This caused frequent drop outs. I purchased the add on satellite and after positioning it in another ajacent room, which had little attenuation from the base unit, it was able to provide an alternative route via windows in to my office. It was not possible to do this with the first satellite as I needed wired connections to all my office equipment. It was simple to set up and seems to have completely resolved my problem with drop outs. I have had a similar problem with smart meters. It has not been possible to provide me with a smart gas meter because of the poor signal path from the electricity meter, which has a similar path of about 10m through three brick walls!

Having been used to Apple routers and their ease of installation and use, it was with a fair measure of trepidation and resignation that I opened the Orbi package for installation. Imagine my surprise when the entire installation happened in a jiffy with no issues whatsoever. The Orbi app was great. Connection to my provider was also smooth. And when I connected the satellite in another room with an Ethernet cable, recognition was immediate and seamless. Speed were amazing. Guest wireless setup was also simple. No meaningless questions on the setup were asked. In short an ‘apple’ like experience!! As go from room to room the handoff has been seamless and speeds amazing. Highly recommend this product.

Bought this to replace the ISP delivered Eero as I could not get a wifi speed more than 300-400mbit even within 1 meter of the eero 6 router. With this Orbi I can sit 5 meters away and get 500mbit speeds even outside through a brick wall i get over 300mbit. This Orbi also have 3 1gbit ethernet ports as well which is just what I need. The Orbi satellites are easy to set up just need to keep them close to the main router when adding them at first. Quality is very good and feels solid. The Orbi can be set up either through an App or through the web browser. there is no manual delivered with this but it was easy enough to download it as a PDF from the website.

I bought this without looking too much into reviews online. To be honest, I quickly read a few of the reviews on here and they were mainly positive. However, after the initial set up (which was somewhat clunky and not straightforward). Now that you have got here in the review, go and look at the cost of this bit of kit, then come back and finish the rest. So, after the initial terrible set up I then thought "WOW, absolutely rapid WIFI in the house" I have 1 GB internet so I was over the moon. Alas, some things are too good to be true. A couple of days later I notice that all my laptops and phones kept dropping connection. "Odd", I thought. But thought it was maybe my internet playing up. It dropped connection about 5 times in 10 minutes and then I thought there must be an issue with my ISP. I then turned my previous system back on (BT Wholesome WIFI which I never had an issue with) and monitored it or a few days. No drop outs. So I swapped back over to the Orbi. 30 minutes later, bam! More drop outs. Spoke to the tech team for about 2 - 3 hours only for them to brick the Orbi. Great. If you haven't already, go and look at the price of this thing again and come back. Seriously, that's what they're trying to charge. So the tech chap basically told me I would have to pay for shipping to send my current Orbi, (which he bricked) back to them and that I had to pay for the shipping for a new Orbi to be sent out. No chance. I contacted Amazon (who were their usual helpful selves) and they sent me out a replacement FOC and I got everything set up. Again I was really excited as I just thought this was a bugged unit. Not even a few hours after going through the painstaking set up process again it started dropping connection AGAIN. At this point I started researching online. Go and see for yourself. but honestly save yourself £400 and get something that actually works. I opted for this instead and had zero issues. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083QS8ZFQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Orbi mesh WiFi kit has completely transformed the network reliability and coverage in my house. I’m paying for a 600mb broadband package and the service providers router and boosters were not fit for purpose, particularly if you were upstairs. Prior to Orbi, I was receiving around 20mb on my PlayStation 4 upstairs off a WiFi signal. However, I have now placed the Orbi satellite in my bedroom (which still provides coverage for the whole of upstairs) and connected it to my PlayStation via an Ethernet cable. This has more than increased the download speed by over 10 fold and I haven’t received an speed of less than 300mb. I did another test yesterday and received a speed of 507mb. Just showcasing this one example evidences the impact it has on one of my devices in a household full of connected devices. This has completely transformed the infrastructure within our household for the better and definitely value for money. I did a lot of research before coming to the conclusion that the Orbi mesh kit was the one to purchase and it did not disappoint. I even decided on the dual-band WiFi 6 version rather than the tri-band WiFi 5 version to make it future proof. As Apple have already stated they are to include WiFi 6 in all their new iPhones and iPads, we already have technology that is utilising this and will have more in the future making this piece of kit future-proof and one for the long term! Already have recommended to friends who will be purchasing in the nearby future!

A pesar de los numerosos comentarios negativos que hablan de la caida o cortes del wifi de este mesh me aventuré e instalé el Orbi RBR752 para sustituir el Mitrastar de Movistar/O2 y los cambios han sido inmediatos: Cobertura total en casa de dos plantas, sin caídas desde que lo configuré, y velocidad casi calcada a lo contratado. La conexión entre router (planta baja) y satélite (planta alta donde finaliza escalera) la he hecho de manera inalámbrica (6 metros, no hay visión directa pero si hueco de escalera). Pero esto no fue así desde un principio pues a pesar de realizar la instalación recomendada por el fabricante a los pocos días empecé a tener los problemas de conectividad wifi relatados en otros comentarios. Cómo he conseguido finalmente un funcionamiento correcto (pasos rápidos): A) Mitrastar en modo puente (monopuesto): 1. Desactivar NAT, DHCP, Wi-Fi, firewall y UPnP (unas configuraciones en básico y otras en avanzado) 2. Mantengo activado NAT Loopback y “Filtrado NAT seguro”; IGMP proxy y SIP ALG desactivados. No uso tv ni telefono fijo en O2 3. Cable desde el puerto LAN 1 del Mitrastar directo al puerto WAN del Orbi. B) Orbi como Router principal, gestiona toda la red: 1. Conexión PPPoE con los datos genéricos de Movistar usuario y contraseña: adslppp@telefonicanetpa y adslppp. 2. UPnP activo (para juegos y streaming), coexistencia 2,4 / 5 GHz sin separar SSIDs. Resultado Eliminando asi duplicidades (NAT, DHCP,...) los dispositivos hacen roaming a la perfección y no hay micro-cortes ni caidas de wifi ni lag en partidas online. Tanto el router principal como el satelite me dan la velocidad contratada (en mi caso 300mb simétricos) Conclusión Si sufres cortes de Wi-Fi con el Orbi la solución está en una buena configuración del router de la compañía y del propio Orbi. Bien es cierto que esto no está al alcance de cualquier usuario pero tan facil como preguntar a la ia

I purchased Orbi Netgear RNR750 Router and a Satellite from amazon.sg in Nov 2020. The device was working fine for the first 6 month or so but then my satellite started to disconnect all the time from the base station / router. I called Orbi Netgear number in Singapore and they informed me that they cannot replace a faulty device because they do not have a warehouse in Singapore, they only have warehouses in the US, Australia and New Zealand. Beware, if you are buying a device from Singapore, you cannot have a warranty on it and you cannot replace a device if it stops working....

Negative: Usually this is a plug and play device into your NBN however if you have a 3rd party supply (like IINET) you will need to use their router and run off the back of that. Netgear Techs had no idea how to fix the issue as did the (IInet team) Positive: A great system that covers the 3 levels of our house extremely well. Approx size of the house 800sqm and only needed the satellite unit that comes with this Orbi Tri Band WiFi 6 System. Highly recommend it.

Går ej att separera 2,4 GHz och 5 Ghz så för utrustning som bara funkar för 2,4 Ghz så funkar det inte

Après plus d'un an d'utilisation, je suis très satisfaite de cet achat qui m'etait indispensable. Mon logement comporte de multiples extensions séparées par de gros murs en béton, que le signal de ma box seule n'arrivait pas à traverser. Et comme j'ai deux réseaux électriques, des CPL auraient été inutiles. J'ai beaucoup hesité par rapport au prix, mais après m'être bien renseignée, j'ai opté pour ce modèle et ne le regrette pas du tout. La connexion est parfaite dans tout mon logement est, même au bout du jardin. Le lien avec la box n'a du sauter qu'une fois en 1 an et demi. J'avais peur qu'il émette en lumière bleu en continue, mais ce n'est que lors de la mise sous tension ou lors de la connexion. Le design est sobre, épuré et élégant. Enfin, la mise en fonction ainsi que l'appairage sont très faciles, même pour quelqu'un qui n'est pas spécialiste en réseaux. Vous pouvez y aller les yeux fermés ;)