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    NETGEAR Moves Orbi Outside

    Netgear introduced the latest add on for its Orbi system the Orbi RBS50Y Outdoor Satellite. Expanding wifi coverage has been a frequent ask for Orbi customers. This unit fills that gap. The RBS50Y is a AC3000 unit what is wall mounted. It is waterproof as you would expect and will do well in...
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    Orbi RBK50 ethernet backhaul ?

    The ethernet backhaul firmware should be released in the next week or so with a firmware of 2.1 as told to me by Netgear's product manager the other day. So I doubt that the shipping unit will have it but again should only be a week or so before being released. Bob Silver Netgear Product Advisor
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    New house Netgear ac3000 ORBI vs R7800 x4s + EX8000 extender

    If you have an ethernet backhaul you could use an access point as suggested with your R7000 in AP mode. BUT that only works if you have the ethernet connection between the two. If not I would go the Orbi route but use it in AP mode and use your R7000 as the router. The R7000 is a great router...
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    NETGEAR Announces DIY Orbi Extender

    NETGEAR Nighthawk EX8000 Orbi like tri-band repeater Earlier this month NETGEAR announced the EX8000 Nighthawk repeater. The EX8000 is a tri-band repeater with a dedicated 5ghz backhaul band that provideso 1733 mbps backhaul speed. The client side dual bands provide 400mbps 2.4 ghz and an 833...
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    Orbi 2.0 Software Release with Mesh Daisy Chain Functionality

    Orbi 2.0 Software Release with Mesh Daisy Chain Functionality Netgear release the 1st part of a multi-part staged release of the Orbi firmware. Netgear has provided the long awaited Daisy Chain - which allows Orbi Satellites to talk to each other. This will allow Orbi to be used in large...
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    NETGEAR's Orbi 2.0 Software Release has Mesh Daisy Chain Functionality

    Netgear has released the 1st part of a multi-part staged release of the Orbi firmware. Netgear has provided the long awaited Daisy Chain - which allows Orbi Satellites to talk to each other. This will allow Orbi to be used in large installations where the router cannot be placed in the middle...
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    Mesh Advice - Easy to use and best Bandwidth

    Orbi will support ethernet backhaul in a later software release. Bob Silver Netgear Product Advisor
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    NETGEAR Introduces Orbi Wi-Fi Mesh system

    I discussed this with the product manager. What he told me is this. At release it will operate in a star topology. All hubs connecting back to the router. A later firmware update will enable "mesh like" capabilities where the hubs will talk to the hub or router with the best signal strength...
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    Dual band wireless access point with PoE

    Check out Netgear ProSafe WAC 720 (2*2) or WAC730 (3*3). Both are dual band AC based AP's that can be run via POE. May be more then you need but its an option particularly if you want an AC based infrastructure. Bob Silver Netgear Networking Advisor
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    R7800 SmallNetBuilder Review

    Netgear Guy asked me to follow up with you as he is on holiday till the end of August. He asks the following questions that I will forward the answers on to try and answer your questions. First off As per the table, tests were carried out using Robocopy with 1GB file. What are you using to...
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    Replace R7000 to get higher power on low 5GHZ channels?

    From Netgear Guy answering your questions. Hope it makes sense to you. 1. Can you run 80MHz wide channels in the lower UNII-1 range? For 80MHz Channel: · U-NII-1 Ch 42 is the Centre · U-NII-2A Ch 58 is the Centre For 160MHz Channel: · U-NII-1 & 2A Combined – Ch 50 is the Centre 2...
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    Replace R7000 to get higher power on low 5GHZ channels?

    I have forwarded this to Netgear Guy to get an answer for you particularly question 1. You may want to also repost in the Netgear section. But my 2 cents is this. Lower power 5ghz channels get slightly better range but its negligible in my experience. Cant speak to the higher power on them...
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    Who has the best automatic QOS?

    The Netgear R7800 QOS is also app and data type priority. Meaning it will know the difference between Netfix versus web browsing for QOS actions. In my experience when I had a slow internet connection it worked quite well. Bob Silver Netgear Networking Advisor
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    ASUS RT-AC86U/P and R7000

    I am a consultant hired by NETGEAR to monitor user forums and provide feedback to NETGEAR management about user comments, issues and general views of NETGEAR products by perspective buyers. I thought I'd share some insight into Netgear's continuing support approach. Netgear is committed to...
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    R7000 firmware questions

    My role with Netgear (is as an independent contractor) was initially to monitor and support the Audio Video related forums for Netgear, principally the AVS forum. Netgear grew my role and has me monitor SNB, Toms Hardware, Cnet and several other forums for user activity. I provide feedback...
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