Writing this in June, 2022 and am very encouraged about the upcoming purchase and the setup as a result. Thank you for your efforts, a real service to others.
Bought from Amazon for $245 with 2 satellites. Didn't get 2 day shipping but got a great price. My house has plaster walls and I'm hoping this system makes things better. Good tutorial.
I know this is a couple years old now but I think you did a GREAT job making the video, testing and setup! I’ve watched a lot of videos on setting up the Orbi system but yours was by far the most inclusive and as real as it gets to us going to be setting up one! Thanks! I Hope your support from Netgear has been able to fix your “random disconnects” problem?? Do you still have to connect through the Verison Modem/Router? Soon, when I setup my Orbi RBK53S 3 pack, I’ll be connecting to my Spectrum modem/router also.
John McKittrick we paid for 150 up and 150 down. The difference between the Verizon router and this Orbi is unbelievable. The only issue with the orbi now that it has been in place a while is that my computers will loose connection with the Orbi every so often. Reconnection to the WiFi is easy but still annoying that I have to reconnect. Connection should stay solid. Thanks for watching and please subscribe.
Thanks for the informative video. I installed mine yesterday (1 router+ 2 satellites) and I can reach the apartment in the back yard now! BTW, my Spectrum repairman recommends upgrading every 2 years. Very pleased. (Nov 17, 2018)
Orbi on sale now for $130.00 RBK50. Now I get 940 Mbps from 200Mbps. Great product!!! First time I heard of mesh. The hardest part for me was setting my TP Link smart plugs back up. It wasn't detecting them.
My orbi router is bought used. And has been reset. When it first plugs in it flashes white quickly. Then after about 1 minute..it starts slow pulsing white. It never goes to solid...even after 15 mins? Any help is appreciated
I paid for 300mps and I’m only getting like in my best spot 75 in my condo. I hope this helps and my house is not nearly as big as yours . I have dead spot room upstairs that’s only getting 3mps
Keith Stephens This will help a lot. Ive had it a while now and every so often my computer will loose it’s connection with the router. All I have to do is reconnect to it. It happens once or twice a month.
Thanks Frank! Have you experienced any drops in the 2 months you’ve had it? I’ve read some complaints in NetGear’s community that it drops from time to time. Perhaps they addressed in firmware but curious what your experience has been.
joebrandon1977 funny you should ask this question. It has happened a few times. I does not necessarily drop, but sometimes my computer will not automatically connect to my WiFi network. I have to go into my network settings and reconnect it. Other than that it has been great. Love the faster internet throughout my entire home.
I liked your walk-through of everything and even staying true with using the same phone for tests except for when you became lazy and only told us you had no internet in the basement instead of showing us. Overall it still would've been a great comparison for viewers after seeing how the Orbi helped the basement.
theflyerpr40d I have never connected to the Satellite that way. But I imagine it will be a little quicker? But not as fast as plugging into the main unit. I’m just happy to have wifi in the basement.
@@FrankGuest Yea you didn’t mention the basement in the initial testing but glad you told us about it later. I just got my RBK53S with 2 satellites and one will be for my (previous no signal) garage.
I have like 1100 square feet 105 squire meters.1 orbi rbk 50 and a satellite. Ac3000 but I lose su much speed at the attic even while having a satileite in the mid level
Man, this review was a mess. :D. Reading stuff from the user manual, knocking stuff around, stare at devices pairing (good it wasnt whole 3 mins). But thumbs up for bringing it up! :] Keep on doing more! Thank you.
Frank Guest thanks. I was thinking of putting the main one at the back of the house for the back yard access then hard wiring the second on for the front of the house for the front yard coverage.
I just bought this router, my Linux router has been going down in speed, my current router is a ac 2300 and I had to have a slave router in my garage to get service, I hope this system eliminates that and gives me more speed.
NZ Bassist I had to keep my Verizon router plugged in. I spoke to a few other people with this WiFi set up with Verizon as their provider and they all had to continue using the old router. Even when I plug the Orbi into my old router, I still get way faster speeds when connecting to the Orbi.
@@FrankGuest The reason for this is that the Verizon device is both a cable modem and a router/wifi device. The Orbi is just a router/wifi device so you have to have the cable modem portion. It is fine, you can just disable the verizon devices wifi and use it only as a modem. Or, call Verizon and ask what type of aftermarket cable modem you can replace it with. Verizon might even be able to swap their device out for a simple cable modem instead of a modem/router combo.
can anyone help me please? what if i have a Modem Router (in other words, a router with a built-in modem)? will it work? is it compatible? every instruction or videos are about houses where there is a modem device apart from a different router device. thanks
Yes it will work. You will need to plug your Orbi into your current router/modem via the Ethernet cable that comes with the Orbi. I talk about that about 50 seconds into my video.
When you speed tested the original router, you had the 1GB service but it was only testing at 79mps? Wanted to clarify that you tested both routers at the 1GB service. That is a pretty incredible improvement....
Captain Atheist I was on the 5 gig connection on the Verizon router, the Orbi selects the best network for you. It offers both 2 and 5. But it picks for you based on were you are in reference to the WiFi system. BTW, love the TH-cam name!
@@FrankGuest I think you are confusing Ghz bands that the router uses, with Gbit/sec bandwidth speeds that your ISP provides. The Captain I think was asking if you has 1Gbit/sec speeds from your ISP when you did both the before ORBI and after ORBI speed tests. If the answer was YES then it is really curious that with the old router you were getting 75ish Mbit/sec down when you were paying for 1,000Mb/sec
Go to 16 minutes and 40 seconds into my video. Mine was already the most up to date firmware. If it was not i assume it would have told me to download and install from the set up page. Hope this helps.
at 15:00, you needed to type in the "Username" and "Password".... You used the ORBI11 which is on the router, can you use any username? Is the password the one that is on the router or do you make up another one?
@19:31 re your magic speeds of 417 down and 451 up: @ 5:10 you said you were paying for "150 up and 150 down" How can you pay for 150 and actually get 451? Do you not think that is a little bit strange? Also after getting the fails and the error you said you solved it by plugging your Verizon router back into the modem and then plugging your ORBI into that old router? Which is the "other" method to instal if you have a combined modem/router from the ISP. All in all I would say this is a big fat fail. 1. You intended to take the old router out of the mix and the only way you could get it to work is to leave the old router turned on, plugged in, and very much IN the mix 2. Your speeds with the new router are three times faster than you are paying for, which is nice but also very suspicious
Antonio Jones Intetesting. I’ll try that. My ONT is in the basement. Currently my satellite Orbi is in the basement and the master is upstairs. I’ll swap them and plug directly into the ONT. getting rid of the Verizon router upstairs would clean my desk up.
@@FrankGuest yeah it works better that way I didn't think it was possible I thought I had to use the quantum router but my ont works with the router better than their crappy router lol
orbi is the worst product ever I bought it so I can connect my pc that is far away from the router, when I set it up my pc says no internet connection but some reason it worked but on the orbi app it says internet offline the next day the orbi does not work at all please help me fix this problem AND DO NOT WASTE 200 dollars on a wifi extender
Indian hacker63 Sorry your having so much trouble with your orbi. Mine set up quick and easy. My only hiccup was still having to use my Verizon router. Did you call Netgear support? They should be able to help you out. I gabe my orbi to my parents and they still use it today and don’t have issues with it. Before the Orbi I had a WiFi extender. It was basically useless. The Orbi was just what I needed.
@@FrankGuest Glad to hear you gave the Orbi to your parents, set it up, tested it and provide their tech support(haha). I’m sure they are happier and will be even more so as more and more Wi-Fi connections continue to enter their house as the years go by.
So, assuming no network load, you originally had 79 Mbps down from 150 available which yields a 53% download throughput of available bandwidth at the Verizon router. Then somehow you upgraded to a Gigabit per second in the middle of your testing which then yielded a whopping 417 Mbps? Hmmm. At the Orbi base router, (right in front of you, while I'm not sure where the Verizon is/was...same room?) that only yielded almost 42% download of available network capacity...again assuming no load. Looks like the extenders consume some bandwidth that the upgrade has rendered negligible... Wish you'd have kept a consistent bandwidth speed... Shrug. Not sure what I can take from this, but thanks...
J Michael I tried to do the best test that I could. Tested before the Orbi was installed and after I installed it. Did all the testing in the same places. I have two teenagers always online with their devices. I did not make sure they were off line before I did the test. Definitely not a scientific test. But it is much faster now. And now I have internet in my basement thanks to the satellite. I had zero internet in the basement with only the Verizon router. Thanks for watching.
The speeds he's seeing on the Orbi is about the limit of good AC Wifi, doesn't matter if he had 100Gbps internet, he would have gotten the same on the Orbi. The thing to keep in mind here is that his old router could not even provide the 150Mbps he had available. The Orbi on the old 150Mbps plan would have provided him about 150Mbps to his phone. Basically, before, his router was the limiting factor, the bottle neck. Now the limitations of home wireless is his limitation, bottleneck. From personal experience, I moved about 4 months ago. I had 100Mbps up and down at the old place. Wifi would give me that full amount, about 100Mbps. In the new place I have 1Gbps internet and the same wireless routers now give me around 400Mbps. Hope that makes sense.
Writing this in June, 2022 and am very encouraged about the upcoming purchase and the setup as a result. Thank you for your efforts, a real service to others.
Thank you for watching. Please subscribe!
Bought from Amazon for $245 with 2 satellites. Didn't get 2 day shipping but got a great price. My house has plaster walls and I'm hoping this system makes things better. Good tutorial.
I know this is a couple years old now but I think you did a GREAT job making the video, testing and setup! I’ve watched a lot of videos on setting up the Orbi system but yours was by far the most inclusive and as real as it gets to us going to be setting up one! Thanks!
I Hope your support from Netgear has been able to fix your “random disconnects” problem??
Do you still have to connect through the Verison Modem/Router?
Soon, when I setup my Orbi RBK53S 3 pack, I’ll be connecting to my Spectrum modem/router also.
Love my set up. Just bought it today at Best Buy for 320 with taxes. Love it, finally getting my downloads up to 300 mbps. So satisfying lol
Thank you Frank! Appreciation for your thoroughness.
Thanks, got mine today and looking forward to great wifi.
I bought mine today and spectrum is coming to set it up tomorrow is the orbi really what they say it is. :-D
How is it working for you?
Great video. You've convinced me to get this for our new home.
John McKittrick we paid for 150 up and 150 down. The difference between the Verizon router and this Orbi is unbelievable. The only issue with the orbi now that it has been in place a while is that my computers will loose connection with the Orbi every so often. Reconnection to the WiFi is easy but still annoying that I have to reconnect. Connection should stay solid. Thanks for watching and please subscribe.
Great presentation in giving precise instructions on installing the NO. I am up and running. Thanks so much
Apostle Prophetess Ruby Mitchell Glad I was able to help. And thanks for subscribing!
Thanks for the informative video. I installed mine yesterday (1 router+ 2 satellites) and I can reach the apartment in the back yard now! BTW, my Spectrum repairman recommends upgrading every 2 years. Very pleased. (Nov 17, 2018)
You can have this for a while. 2 years seems very short for upgrading.
Orbi on sale now for $130.00 RBK50. Now I get 940 Mbps from 200Mbps. Great product!!! First time I heard of mesh. The hardest part for me was setting my TP Link smart plugs back up. It wasn't detecting them.
Glad everything is working out. Thanks for watching.
Very well explained except i need to know if i need to syn router and satellite manually or it is automatic?
AWesome video, thank you for sharing it with us.
My orbi router is bought used. And has been reset. When it first plugs in it flashes white quickly. Then after about 1 minute..it starts slow pulsing white. It never goes to solid...even after 15 mins?
Any help is appreciated
How is Orbi giving you around 500 mb down which is way more than what you're getting from the provider which is 150mb down?
can you connect ac3000 and ac2200 together or can you use the satellites with the different router?
I’ll have to check on that and get back to you. I’m not so sure that will work. Thank you for watching my video.
Great video, good details
Did the satellite one works as a WiFi too or it works only with Ethernet?
How Can I Setup With The RBK10 It Is Not Working At All
Do you have to put your router in bridge mode or isnt That neccessary?
Do I need a modem? If so , what brand you recommend with these?
What kind of modem you have connected to the Orbi’s?
I paid for 300mps and I’m only getting like in my best spot 75 in my condo. I hope this helps and my house is not nearly as big as yours . I have dead spot room upstairs that’s only getting 3mps
Keith Stephens This will help a lot. Ive had it a while now and every so often my computer will loose it’s connection with the router. All I have to do is reconnect to it. It happens once or twice a month.
Does that mean you are getting faster speeds than your provider are giving you? With the orbi
Doca Fella Yes, with the Orbi we are getting faster speed than what we are paying our provider for.
have you tried connecting the satellite one with an ethernet cable to a laptop to see if there is any loss of signal ?
PoGixViRuS I have not. That’s a good idea. I should have done that in the video.
if you do let me know （*⌒ヮ⌒*） I'm on the fence about getting this but i want to use the direct connection but no point if there is a huge signal loss
Thanks Frank! Have you experienced any drops in the 2 months you’ve had it? I’ve read some complaints in NetGear’s community that it drops from time to time. Perhaps they addressed in firmware but curious what your experience has been.
joebrandon1977 funny you should ask this question. It has happened a few times. I does not necessarily drop, but sometimes my computer will not automatically connect to my WiFi network. I have to go into my network settings and reconnect it. Other than that it has been great. Love the faster internet throughout my entire home.
I liked your walk-through of everything and even staying true with using the same phone for tests except for when you became lazy and only told us you had no internet in the basement instead of showing us. Overall it still would've been a great comparison for viewers after seeing how the Orbi helped the basement.
Will this outside your home like a barn or garage ?
Have you tested connecting a PC to the satellite by Ethernet what is the speed like? Same place with WiFi then with the Ethernet
Thanks
theflyerpr40d I have never connected to the Satellite that way. But I imagine it will be a little quicker? But not as fast as plugging into the main unit. I’m just happy to have wifi in the basement.
@@FrankGuest Yea you didn’t mention the basement in the initial testing but glad you told us about it later. I just got my RBK53S with 2 satellites and one will be for my (previous no signal) garage.
I have like 1100 square feet 105 squire meters.1 orbi rbk 50 and a satellite. Ac3000 but I lose su much speed at the attic even while having a satileite in the mid level
Man, this review was a mess. :D. Reading stuff from the user manual, knocking stuff around, stare at devices pairing (good it wasnt whole 3 mins). But thumbs up for bringing it up! :] Keep on doing more! Thank you.
Zdenek Kunz ain’t that the same thing we are going to do when we buy Orbi? To me that was real.......
@@JorgeRodriguez-hm1ym Very real. Well done!
Frank, any idea why you need the old Verizon router in addition to the Orbing?
Old one acts as just a modem.
How can you get a faster Internet speed above your ISP ?
Bejan Afsharpour it just goes to show how crappy the equipment is that your TV company gives you.
Are there any out there that doesn't require internet?
@@Walter-ts1vu not sure I understand your question. Why would you need a router if you don’t have internet? Please clarify.
@@FrankGuest I meant camera. That's what I thought the video was for. Sorry
Did you have to keep your Verizon router?
Yes. Had to keep it.
Can you Hard wire the 2nd Orbi or do they only connect via WiFi?
Steven Marshall it can be hard wired.
Frank Guest thanks. I was thinking of putting the main one at the back of the house for the back yard access then hard wiring the second on for the front of the house for the front yard coverage.
I just bought this router, my Linux router has been going down in speed, my current router is a ac 2300 and I had to have a slave router in my garage to get service, I hope this system eliminates that and gives me more speed.
After you had to plug in your old router, what happened then? Is it still plugged in? Did you have to do s firmware update? You didn't say
NZ Bassist I had to keep my Verizon router plugged in. I spoke to a few other people with this WiFi set up with Verizon as their provider and they all had to continue using the old router. Even when I plug the Orbi into my old router, I still get way faster speeds when connecting to the Orbi.
@@FrankGuest great thanks for the reply and video
@@FrankGuest The reason for this is that the Verizon device is both a cable modem and a router/wifi device. The Orbi is just a router/wifi device so you have to have the cable modem portion. It is fine, you can just disable the verizon devices wifi and use it only as a modem. Or, call Verizon and ask what type of aftermarket cable modem you can replace it with. Verizon might even be able to swap their device out for a simple cable modem instead of a modem/router combo.
can anyone help me please? what if i have a Modem Router (in other words, a router with a built-in modem)? will it work? is it compatible? every instruction or videos are about houses where there is a modem device apart from a different router device. thanks
Yes it will work. You will need to plug your Orbi into your current router/modem via the Ethernet cable that comes with the Orbi. I talk about that about 50 seconds into my video.
What is your internet subscription plan? 1GB?
rYu FPV yes. 1GB. I was paying for 150 up and 150 down. But they bumped me to 1GB right before I bought the Orbi.
When you speed tested the original router, you had the 1GB service but it was only testing at 79mps? Wanted to clarify that you tested both routers at the 1GB service. That is a pretty incredible improvement....
Were both of the tests on the 1gb service??
Captain Atheist I was on the 5 gig connection on the Verizon router, the Orbi selects the best network for you. It offers both 2 and 5. But it picks for you based on were you are in reference to the WiFi system. BTW, love the TH-cam name!
@@FrankGuest I think you are confusing Ghz bands that the router uses, with Gbit/sec bandwidth speeds that your ISP provides. The Captain I think was asking if you has 1Gbit/sec speeds from your ISP when you did both the before ORBI and after ORBI speed tests. If the answer was YES then it is really curious that with the old router you were getting 75ish Mbit/sec down when you were paying for 1,000Mb/sec
What did you have to do to get the firmware to update?
Go to 16 minutes and 40 seconds into my video. Mine was already the most up to date firmware. If it was not i assume it would have told me to download and install from the set up page. Hope this helps.
Are you still happy with the system
Flat Top I drop off my WiFi every so often. But other than that, I still love the system. WiFi in my basement is excellent still.
@@FrankGuest What you mean by drop off? Like it disconnects from wifi?
SinX4Lyfe correct. It disconnects from my WiFi every so often.
at 15:00, you needed to type in the "Username" and "Password".... You used the ORBI11 which is on the router, can you use any username? Is the password the one that is on the router or do you make up another one?
Rich Baranski I used the default password at first. Then after I had everything set up I changed the password.
Thank you much
Does this boost your wifi
Soktra Ear Yes it does.
@19:31 re your magic speeds of 417 down and 451 up: @ 5:10 you said you were paying for "150 up and 150 down"
How can you pay for 150 and actually get 451? Do you not think that is a little bit strange?
Also after getting the fails and the error you said you solved it by plugging your Verizon router back into the modem and then plugging your ORBI into that old router? Which is the "other" method to instal if you have a combined modem/router from the ISP.
All in all I would say this is a big fat fail.
1. You intended to take the old router out of the mix and the only way you could get it to work is to leave the old router turned on, plugged in, and very much IN the mix
2. Your speeds with the new router are three times faster than you are paying for, which is nice but also very suspicious
I have the orbi router connected directly into the Verizon ont
Antonio Jones Intetesting. I’ll try that. My ONT is in the basement. Currently my satellite Orbi is in the basement and the master is upstairs. I’ll swap them and plug directly into the ONT. getting rid of the Verizon router upstairs would clean my desk up.
@@FrankGuest yeah it works better that way I didn't think it was possible I thought I had to use the quantum router but my ont works with the router better than their crappy router lol
orbi is the worst product ever I bought it so I can connect my pc that is far away from the router, when I set it up my pc says no internet connection but some reason it worked
but on the orbi app it says internet offline the next day the orbi does not work at all please help me fix this problem
AND DO NOT WASTE 200 dollars on a wifi extender
Indian hacker63 Sorry your having so much trouble with your orbi. Mine set up quick and easy. My only hiccup was still having to use my Verizon router. Did you call Netgear support? They should be able to help you out. I gabe my orbi to my parents and they still use it today and don’t have issues with it. Before the Orbi I had a WiFi extender. It was basically useless. The Orbi was just what I needed.
@@FrankGuest Glad to hear you gave the Orbi to your parents, set it up, tested it and provide their tech support(haha). I’m sure they are happier and will be even more so as more and more Wi-Fi connections continue to enter their house as the years go by.
So, assuming no network load, you originally had 79 Mbps down from 150 available which yields a 53% download throughput of available bandwidth at the Verizon router. Then somehow you upgraded to a Gigabit per second in the middle of your testing which then yielded a whopping 417 Mbps? Hmmm. At the Orbi base router, (right in front of you, while I'm not sure where the Verizon is/was...same room?) that only yielded almost 42% download of available network capacity...again assuming no load. Looks like the extenders consume some bandwidth that the upgrade has rendered negligible... Wish you'd have kept a consistent bandwidth speed... Shrug. Not sure what I can take from this, but thanks...
J Michael I tried to do the best test that I could. Tested before the Orbi was installed and after I installed it. Did all the testing in the same places. I have two teenagers always online with their devices. I did not make sure they were off line before I did the test. Definitely not a scientific test. But it is much faster now. And now I have internet in my basement thanks to the satellite. I had zero internet in the basement with only the Verizon router. Thanks for watching.
The speeds he's seeing on the Orbi is about the limit of good AC Wifi, doesn't matter if he had 100Gbps internet, he would have gotten the same on the Orbi. The thing to keep in mind here is that his old router could not even provide the 150Mbps he had available. The Orbi on the old 150Mbps plan would have provided him about 150Mbps to his phone.
Basically, before, his router was the limiting factor, the bottle neck. Now the limitations of home wireless is his limitation, bottleneck.
From personal experience, I moved about 4 months ago. I had 100Mbps up and down at the old place. Wifi would give me that full amount, about 100Mbps. In the new place I have 1Gbps internet and the same wireless routers now give me around 400Mbps.
Hope that makes sense.