NETGEAR - Orbi CBR750 Tri-Band Mesh WiFi Router
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Last updated: Jan 5, 2026 Scoring
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"the speaker worked perfectly for the year or so I had it"
"there is literally no delay in audio."
"works perfectly paired together"
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"I have over 60 devices connected to it, and have ZERO issues."
"Nothing but reliable! ... Over two years of usage at my business and we have over 100 devices consistently connected"
"i noticed a BIG improvement once i conected all my decos via ethernet. ... it was a game changer, i use smart products from different brands and now i don't have any issues with disconections!! ... Some meross plugs disconected all the time before wiring my decos, now they work flawless!"
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"I've been enjoying 300mbps in every room"
"Backhaul is rock solid and fast"
"I also max out my gigabit thru wifi, anywhere in the house with just 1 satellite. And it's not a small house."
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"In a 6000 sq ft house I’ve just helped with it has 6 access points and has a perfect full signal everywhere you go."
"I set up 6 of them and covered a 2 acre area including a 4 story house, a 4 car garage, another 2 story house, a 2800 sq foot barn and a tiny house."
"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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"Backhaul is rock solid and fast"
"I've been enjoying 300mbps in every room"
"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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"The workaround was, of course, to schedule daily reboots. And then throw manual reboots on top of it."
"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."
"Avoid Netgear at all costs. They appear to be incapable of getting the firmware right for their WiFi 7 units. ... I got an Orbi 770 and gave up. I went back to Eero with the Pro 7. Back to stable WiFi."
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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."
"Avoid Netgear at all costs. They appear to be incapable of getting the firmware right for their WiFi 7 units. ... I got an Orbi 770 and gave up. I went back to Eero with the Pro 7. Back to stable WiFi."
"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."
"Avoid Netgear at all costs. They appear to be incapable of getting the firmware right for their WiFi 7 units. ... I got an Orbi 770 and gave up. I went back to Eero with the Pro 7. Back to stable WiFi."
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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."
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
r/HomeNetworking • Router Replacement ->If you are going to depend on WIFI mesh is a great choice. Main with one remote with 1700 ft is probably great but one with two even better. You don't necessarily need all the newest wifi whistles and bells but the user interface on the newer mesh systems is a huge help. My orbi system has all kinds of things like idiot lights that while I don't need them still are nice.
r/HomeNetworking • 'WiFi for Dummies' - Router/ Mesh ->The wireless backhaul is nothing to sniff at on the better domestic mesh systems. 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. Your average home user will be well served by a Deco mesh.
r/nbn • Longest range router on the market? ->Since I've had Sonos gear in my house, I've run three mesh wifi routers: a Netgear Orbi, a Tp-Link XE-75 Pro and now a Eero 6E. By far the Eero has been the easiest, most stable and most reliable of the bunch. The TP-Link was absolute garbage and nothing but a headache for the 6 months I had it.
r/sonos • New Sonos Router Recommendations ->I've been using Netgear Orbi for many years with no issues
r/Spectrum • What router brand works out of the box with spectrum? ->Orbi’s are rock solid. Either way Costco usually has deals for them plus you got Black Friday coming up
r/sonos • New Sonos Router Recommendations ->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? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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