When deployed with a single satellite, the Netgear Orbi is an excellent choice for moderate-sized homes, delivering higher TCP throughput than mesh routers operating with three nodes. Ignore ...

Despite all the hoopla around 5G over the past few years, Wi-Fi technology remains essential for keeping people connected. Wi-Fi 7 can potentially be a game-changer in the future, offering ...

While pricey, the Netgear Orbi (RBK50) is one of the fastest, most powerful routers we've tested, even without its mesh extension. Why you can trust Tom's Guide Our writers and editors spend hours ...

At $1,000 for a router and two nodes or $700 for a router and node, the Orbi 770 series may be smaller and cheaper than the Orbi RBE 973, but for most it will provide more than enough throughput ...

Today at CES, Netgear announced a new Wi-Fi 7 mesh router that neatly slots between its existing Orbi 770 and Orbi 970 product lines. As you might have already surmised, the new mesh system is ...

Netgear just announced a new Wi-Fi 7 mesh router system called the Orbi 870, joining the pre-existing 970 and 770. The company says that the latest system “offers the perfect balance of ...

That number is better than any other mesh router I've tested. But it isn't noticeably better. Alternatives like those make the Orbi AX6000 difficult to recommend at full price. It's still worth ...

The Orbi 860 3-Pack — the main router and two satellite units — covers 8,000 square feet. Upgrade to the 4-Pack, with one additional satellite unit, and that coverage grows to 10,800 square feet.

Thankfully, there's now a much more affordable option. The brand has introduced Orbi 860 series mesh routers that offer the 10Gbps Ethernet of the 960 line, but with tri-band WiFi 6 instead of the ...

Note: This review discusses the Orbi’s performance in a Mac environment. There’s a very similar version of this story that discusses this router’s performance in a Windows environment on our ...