NETGEAR - Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band WiFi 6 Mesh Network System (RBK752P)

I recently did a moderate upgrade going from an Orbi RBR50 which was solid to a Orbi RBR750P. Speeds are better, but ever now and then it just factory resets. It is painfully slow to setup these Orbi’s. Next time it happens I am switching to something else.

Similar experience to mine with the 750P series. about 2 months after i bought it i noticed no internet, rebooted mutliple times nothing, couldnt access the unit on the app or the web management, full pin reset and it was back up, so i didnt think anything of it. 2 weeks later same issue. Called support they had me manually install the same firmware that was on the router and satillites, all good for about 6 weeks the it did it again. Previous tech said if it does it again they will RMA the router but dont hard reset as they wanted to see if they could get logs. So i call support again only to be told while my units are still under hardware warranty the included "tech support" is only 90 days and I'd have to buy a tech plan starting at $99. I'm like oh no thnkas you can just RMA, look at the history of the serial number. Tech tells me they cants RMA it unless they "troubleshoot" the issue and they cant do that unless i buy a plan.. I nearly lose it on the phone. guy puts me on hold for like 10 mins only to come back and tell methe RMA is approved. Replacement unit shows up 2 days later, all good right? wrong. I had the 750P model from best buy which is an AX5400, they replaced the router with the 750 model which is said to have a better cpu and mo0re antennas but is only an AX4200 unit. I do use the wireless backhaul to connect my audio system to my network and the things i have in the basement so I was a litter concerned. The first issue I had was getting the Satillies to connect correctly to the 750 as the sats are like the router the 750P model line, They would connect but never stay synced, googling the error pointed to bad signal even though they were in the smae spots. As luck would have it Support called me just to verify it showed up to which i told them they sent the wrong unit, they reopened the case and told me they would send a second replacemeent the 760 which is the new direct replacement of the 750p, i asked them to verify it works correctly with the satillies whcih they did. That showed up this morning, and the satillites just wouldnt connect, took about 2 hours to get them to connect and they still seem glitchy.. My patience with netgear had run out, I just picked up the TP Link Deco BE65 Pro BE11000 kit and will be setting that up in the morning then probably selling the netgear cheap or giving it to a friend or something.

Not sure about the others but the Orbi firmware does not let you create separate 2.4 and 5.0 GHz wireless networks.

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.

There is cheaper but I don't think you can go wrong with a Netgear Orbi mesh.

Maybe commenters posts would be clearer if they included intended audience information but my wireless Netgear Orbi 750 mesh serves me well and my son has no complaints about his Orbi 9xx system. I suspect posters are confusing good enough, even excellent, with what is the best possible.

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.

I have the 750 with two satellites. I use it as the main router for my Century link fiber (hooked directly to ONT and not quantum) and it works really well. I also have it driving a 12 connection switch for all the stuff I have hard lined. No complaints and I get way better results without century links modem/router in the mix.

Thank you for posting this. my orbi 750 is probably 4-5 years old. maybe more. so, I got my value. The primary uses of my satellites is to have some ethernet plugins around the house for various items. I just spent way too much time trying to upgrade the firmware on it. Also, bought the orbi when I had 4000 sq ft and now have 1200. I will take a look at your layout and see if that will fill my needs. I have the orbi plugged into a flint 2 which I use for load balancing two internet sources. and I could probably just go with that for wireless, but I would still need some remote plugs.

I just use an orbi router with two satellites. The router and satellites each have ether net ports. Spread the satellites to the floors the other two stories. There may be better mesh systems for your application, but this works for me.

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!