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Dec 01, 2020
The Mesh Has Me Covered
Product came earlier than was predicted. The box was a bit beat up as if it had been sitting somewhere for a while but the interior and its contents were pristine.
The system is a snap to set up using the Orbi app. I was up and running after plugging in all three nodes around my house in about 10 minutes. The app is easy to use and quite functional. One is able to see who is on the network and any user can individually be shut off with the app. The app also shows network speed. While I would not have bought the security piece they include it free for a year and so far I like that function too. It alerts you when security (spam) issues are blocked. I have a fairly large home (6000 sq ft) and my old Apple Time Machine router and an add on extender were not cutting it. I now have 5 bars wifi reception everywhere in the house. I chose this unit over the Orbi WiFi 6 option because of the huge cost difference and the fact that one need 1G service (I have 400 MB) to benefit from WiFi 6. WiFi 6 is also useful if there will be lots of users. We never have more than 6. The Orbi RBK53S also has the fastest back haul of any non-WiFi 6 unit meaning that the band the system dedicates to the communication and speed of each node is incredibly fast. All tri-band systems have a dedicated band solely for communication among the nodes. Dual Band systems have no such dedicated band and therefore the communication between nodes eats into the bandwith the system uses to provide wifi (meaning internet speed drops as a result of sharing bandwith with the back haul). I did not buy the Eero WiFi 5 system for this reason (it is dual band). The Eero WiFi 6 is tri-band but costs $1000 for three nodes (like the Orbi WiFi6). So for $550 less than the WiFi 6 systems, this Orbi was the overall best and more than meets my needs.