NETGEAR - Orbi CBR750 Tri-Band Mesh WiFi Router
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Last updated: Dec 14, 2025 Scoring
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"It's honestly been one of the most reliable pieces of tech I've ever owned, especially in the world of networking. ... Hooked it up two years ago and basically never thought about it again. ... Everything in the house/yard/basement had perfect internet all the time."
"Netgear Orbi which I think is very easy to setup and use. ... Orbi is more beginner friendly and easier to setup up. ... With Orbi it’s just one thing to plug in and it just works. I am literally up and running in 10 minutes. ... I’ve done three Orbi installations in the past year and never had any problems."
"It's honestly been one of the most reliable pieces of tech I've ever owned, especially in the world of networking. ... Hooked it up two years ago and basically never thought about it again. ... Everything in the house/yard/basement had perfect internet all the time."
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"I've got a higher end orbi system, and move an absolute boatload of data around, with more than 50 attached devices on the network, and it holds up very, very well."
"I've got a higher end orbi system, and move an absolute boatload of data around, with more than 50 attached devices on the network, and it holds up very, very well."
"Netgear Orbi mesh all the way"
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"it eliminated all my dead spots"
"I've been enjoying 300mbps in every room"
"Backhaul is rock solid and fast"
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"it eliminated all my dead spots"
"I've been enjoying 300mbps in every room"
"mesh, no cables and it works great on a pretty big house with another router 100m away. ... I have the main router, one repeater on flat 1, another on flat 2, one in the garage, and another in the shed"
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"it eliminated all my dead spots"
"I've been enjoying 300mbps in every room"
"Backhaul is rock solid and fast"
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"Orbi’s pos firmware updates ... years of doggy updates ... bad firmware problems ... bad firmware updates take down my home and some other family homes I supported back then ... Their terrible firmware releases are well documented."
"the experience was awful for years for me. The orbi devices I had were not stable. You had to power cycle them often. ... years of just general instability, answering the phone to say “what’s the light color? Yeah just unplug it and plug it back in and wait ten minutes”"
"after a few weeks of running it has the appearance there's some drops in connectivity and a reboot of all the mesh is needed to clear up the network issues."
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"Orbi’s pos firmware updates ... years of doggy updates ... bad firmware problems ... bad firmware updates take down my home and some other family homes I supported back then ... Their terrible firmware releases are well documented."
"the experience was awful for years for me. The orbi devices I had were not stable. You had to power cycle them often. ... years of just general instability, answering the phone to say “what’s the light color? Yeah just unplug it and plug it back in and wait ten minutes”"
"after a few weeks of running it has the appearance there's some drops in connectivity and a reboot of all the mesh is needed to clear up the network issues."
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"I can’t tell you the frustration I’ve had with Orby not being able to sort a list or not being able to select multiple items, the responsiveness, intuitiveness, etc.."
"Orbi’s pos firmware updates ... years of doggy updates ... bad firmware problems ... bad firmware updates take down my home and some other family homes I supported back then ... Their terrible firmware releases are well documented."
"the experience was awful for years for me. The orbi devices I had were not stable. You had to power cycle them often. ... years of just general instability, answering the phone to say “what’s the light color? Yeah just unplug it and plug it back in and wait ten minutes”"
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"Orbi’s pos firmware updates ... years of doggy updates ... bad firmware problems ... bad firmware updates take down my home and some other family homes I supported back then ... Their terrible firmware releases are well documented."
"My dad had an Orbi system, which was actually rather good, but they tend to have rather short end-of-life periods which means they no longer get security updates and also stuff like parental controls are subscription based."
"Buggy POS for me riddled with terrible firmware releases they kept having to apologize for."
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"You will be capped to around 940 Mbps with a 1 gb port. ... You will not get anywhere near 4.2Gbps on wifi."
"You will be capped to around 940 Mbps with a 1 gb port. ... You will not get anywhere near 4.2Gbps on wifi."
"i had to chop the bandwidth to like 100mbps so the processor wouldn’t explode and it seemed to work."
I didn't mean a new connection.. just use your current connection, and get a longer cord. (just thinking of a cheaper way to go.) this box here: [https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/cbr750/](https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/cbr750/) is a good one. and it's on the approved list.
r/Spectrum • Replacement suggestions for Spectrum's, modem/router? ->You will be capped to around 940 Mbps with a 1 gb port. You will not get anywhere near 4.2Gbps on wifi. Says that right on the website.
r/Comcast_Xfinity • Thoughts on Netgear Orbi Modem Router Combo (CBK752) DOCSIS 3.1 ->You will be capped to around 940 Mbps with a 1 gb port. You will not get anywhere near 4.2Gbps on wifi. Says that right on the website.
r/Comcast_Xfinity • Thoughts on Netgear Orbi Modem Router Combo (CBK752) DOCSIS 3.1 ->I use an Orbi with one satellite and a netgear 3.1 gateway in bridge mode. They’re expensive but I got it used for cheap and it’s been great.
r/Comcast_Xfinity • What router should i buy for general use and some gaming? ->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.
r/orbi • My experience with Orbi 870 has been a nightmare ->Netgear Orbi mesh all the way
r/HomeKit • Reliable Wi-Fi 6 Router for Smart Home & 100+ Devices ->Orbi 6 currently Costco usually has great deals on newer mesh systems.
r/googlehome • What Mesh Wifi Is Everyone Using ? ->Netgear switches - great Netgear Pro AV - great Netgear consumer Orbi - total shit
r/HomeNetworking • Best wifi 7 router? ->Had an ORBI for many years, its had numerous minor issues over the years but it finally stopped functioing a month or two ago and I go myself an Archer AX10, quite happy with setup and no issues so far.
r/nbn • What router is everyone using? ->I love the Synology management features but I have found their range and signal strength is horrible compared to other mesh systems and I have a lot of hiccups with Apple devices that I didn’t have on the Orbi. I just didn’t like paying for parental controls so I switched. Now that my kids are older, I’m considering going back to Orbi or trying out Eero.
r/HomeKit • Best Routers for HomeKit ->It depends on what you want. I have a Nether Mesh system that I disabled the router function on and use a home built pFSense unit running on a micro pc with multiple LAN ports. I don’t get full functionality out of it and I intend to learn more about it. Works great. The NetGear Orbi series is a good base to learn from
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