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Review on πŸ“Ά NETGEAR Orbi RBK753S: High-Performance Whole Home Mesh WiFi System 3-Pack – Router & 2 Satellites (White) by Brent Webb

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Powerful but lots of problems

Once you can get it to work, it has a very strong signal. If you don't know much about the network and don't want to, it's pretty easy to set up. I've installed it in two places, replacing Apple AirPort Extreme routers. I'm a network engineer and our networks have specific settings when installed. In both places the network was detected and connected to the iPhone following the "Quick Installation Instructions" using their iPhone 11 app, but the app repeatedly said it couldn't find an orbit! After numerous reboots and switching off the WiFi, finally an Orbi was found on it, but it was only possible to set the password and the address of the WAN interface. The application lacked most orbit setting features. Answer, set up wireless, and go to orbi's default IP address. It will repeatedly try to send you to the Netgear website, but keep trying and you'll eventually get the Orbi setup page. If it's a new network and you don't care what addressing is used, that's generally fine, but integrating into production networks is a nightmare. Your Armor protection program works sometimes, but there are many problems. It said it protected my iPhone from a phishing attempt. What happened once and six hours later in the future? The problem is known, but not fixable. Unfortunately, all models I have installed have these problems.

Pros
  • Handy thing
Cons
  • Almost never