NETGEAR - Orbi AX4200 Mesh WiFi System (RBK752, RBK753, etc.)

Hi, i recently got the orbi 770, upgrading from an orbi RBK752. First thing i would definitely say is that with this new system i am getting ping spikes randomly, on my previous orbi i was not getting this at all. The only reason i upgraded my previous system was because that was gigabit, but my ISP provides me with 3GBPS up and down. I will say tho, the speeds between the router and satellite is amazing, but not ideal if you need low latency. I wanted to get the orbi 970 but it is very expensive.

I am on rbs750 for two years - an extensive apple user. It is stable for me now but there were issues, sonos speakers would disconnect, fixed by using lan cable, and when i tried to use orbi as AP instead of as main router i had a broken network every few weeks. Other than that, now, multiple macs, iPads, iPhones etc. just work. It is fairly promiscuous in terms of the wifi channels, so check you are not subject to interference.

not a netgear fanboy, but to be fair I bought an Orbi RBK753 nearly 6 years ago and it hasn't failed a single time since the day I bought it

Funny that you went back to Eero. I have a 5-year-old RBK753 system that's starting to show its age so I picked up an Eero 7 Pro set to replace it. Unfortunately, I found that the Eero network was waaaaay slower than the much-older Orbi. Even though the Orbi could only handle 1Gbps at the router, I was getting WiFi speeds around 600-750Mbps. But while I could my full 2.5Gbps at the Eero router, my WiFi speeds were between 300-400 Mbps. I returned it and put my old Orbi system back into use.

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I feel you. I’m literally dealing with the same thing. I have the Orbi rbr750. Reading reviews, it seems everyone is having some type of problem. I finally gave in today and ordered the TP BE 1100 from Costco. If I can get by a week with no problems, that would be a win.

Orbi to the rescue.

Is what reddit says, my RBR750 was the king of speed. I'm now struggling with a Festa FR365.

eero and tp link DECO units are gonna be the best options. i can’t believe no one has said this but orbi has very good options. i have tried tp links one mesh and it has a lot of problems. if your a gamer i wouldn’t buy one tp link router and then have wall access points. get a actual mesh set up as if you want best overall speeds EVERYWHERE then get mesh. deco have very nice, cheap and reliable options, eero is more expensive but has a lot more extensive security settings and parental controls which i do believe is included with the piece if you add there subscription. the biggest thing eero has is, SQM which basically takes network debloating and latency and somehow it fixes it. which is very good for wireless connectivity between mesh devices as if you connected to one satellite mesh network you’ll see a upload latency increase. i think in general the best bang for your buck is tp link. and best overall is orbi. the reason i love orbi is my parents bought the rbr750 or something but it was 6 years ago and it’s still giving the speeds they paid for and still is getting firmware updates. eero is the in between because there a little less than most of the orbi systems i would suggest but have just any the same amount of features. so to sum it up eero is middle ground, orbi is the best, tp link is best bang for buck. hope this helps!

Just upgraded to the Deco BE65 Pro from an Orbi RBR750 system, and the Deco iOS app is a huge improvement. Using main wired directly to the Fiber ‘modem’ + 1 wireless downstairs & 1 wired upstairs + 1 wireless upstairs. Just wanted to get input on this being the most optimized infrastructure. Thanks in advance.

Hey much appreciated. I really just mirrored the older Orbi setup. This WiFi 7 mesh is just much faster and the app is much more intuitive.  The Orbi has served us well, but parental controls were disjointed and not intuitive at all. The device management is much stronger on the Deco app. 

Mesh wifi systems with ethernet plugs are pretty great. My server is on the same base station as my internet/PC, but have plenty of other devices plugged into my other base stations that access the server and its no problem. I have a Netgear Orbi RBR750.