![]() The RBS750 satellite is slightly slimmer than the router, measuring 231 x 183 x 71mm and a svelte 861g. However, unlike the business-orientated Orbi lines, this product has no wall mountings in the box, although you can buy these at additional cost. Weighing a hefty 1247g and measuring 246 x 196 x 86 mm, we’d be concerned if this was mounted on a wall and fell on us. Our recent review of the Orbi Mini gave us hope that these devices were getting smaller, a promise that was dashed by the NBK752 as it’s the NBR750 router part is the biggest Orbi component we’ve encountered so far. Sadly, you can’t put flowers in these, and for the best performance, they need to be in full view. The Orbi line has from the outset projected this curved persona that makes the components look like vases rather than electronics. While the performance and quality of the wireless networking this service can deliver are undoubtedly exceptional, we’re not entirely convinced that the cost is proportional to the advantages over cheaper and less ambitious AX class hardware.(Image credit: Mark Pickavance) Design and features That’s a serious chunk of change, but to get the most from these devices requires a holistic approach to deployment and not a piecemeal one.įor those with a lesser requirement, the previous Orbi WiFi 6 hardware can still be found, and it provides many of the advantages of WiFi 6 at a slightly lower price.īut we sympathise with those budgeting for IT services forced to justify these costs for better WiFi and fewer complaining users. Therefore, if you want to go down this rabbit hole, we’d recommend you start with a router and three or four satellite pack, and not the single router and satellite combination. Updates in technology can inevitably circumvent that strategic thinking resulting in spending heavily on the first part of a path and never seeing the downstream benefits. We’d be naturally reticent about the concept of buying technology with the intentions to add more components to it later. Please, don’t buy this for home use, it would be complete overkill unless you own a sprawling mansion, zeppelin hangar or live in a castle. Our experience with the previous versions of this hardware confirms just how useful it can be, but this is a disturbingly expensive option when compared with consumer WiFi 6 hardware. In short, the SXK80 is a poster boy for how WiFi 6 on a Mesh solution should work, and the performance it delivers is excellent, but it needs to have the right infrastructure behind it to make the most of what it has to offer. ![]() Therefore, before going mad with the Netgear Orbi Pro WiFi 6 it might be worth analysing the network environment and finding out where most of the clients are ultimately connecting, and if sufficient downstream bandwidth exists there. As the exactly what performance you will see depends on the construction of the building, the physical scale of the office, the number of concurrent users, the server infrastructure, the internet connection, interference from other WiFi networks and the exact mix of 802.11 protocols in use, to name a few factors.īut we’d contest that if deploying this type of hardware into a complex WiFi environment doesn’t go some way to addressing the issue, then the likelihood is that it was never exclusively a wireless networking problem. Putting hard numbers on overall performance for any given situation is nigh impossible. Each satellite that is added is effectively a ‘force multiplier’ in overlap areas, boosting the number of clients that can achieve their WiFi performance potential significantly. Using 802.11ax technology on this hardware, it's easier to use the collective bandwidth. Under 802.11n, the number of clients trying to use the same frequencies and talking over each other makes reaching that level of performance practically impossible. ![]() Where we’ve seen many wireless routers with AC5300 specification, suggesting that they have 5,300 Mbps available, those numbers are largely theoretical. How fast this solution can communicate with a single client is useful, but it isn’t the true performance potential of this hardware. With the satellite added to the router and placed at the other side of the building, the impact of reinforced walls on signal quality is reduced, and mobile devices can move between connecting between the two seamlessly. Yes, some decline in performance was evident the further away we got, but not to the extent that we’ve seen on older wireless networking technology. In testing with a WiFi 6 capable client speeds of over 800Mbps were possible near the router and even with older clients, the performance was outstanding even at 50ft or further away. In 2020, there is always the possibility that the SXK80 might be confused with a hand sanitizing dispenser (Image credit: Netgear) Performance ![]()
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