Orbi RBS50 satellites don’t communicate with each other; they send and receive data to and from the Orbi router only. In networking parlance, that is a hub-and-spoke system, not a mesh.

Orbi satellites communicate with the router, not with each other; but 4x4 backhaul enabled best-in-class performance in most of our benchmarks.

With the Orbi router 30 feet and two walls away, the Orbi extension projected 429.1 Mbps to a laptop one floor above it — more than double Google Wifi's performance.

The Orbi AXE11000 router features a WAN port that supports incoming speeds of up to 10Gbps, which is twice as fast as the fastest internet plans in the country. Chris Monroe/CNET.

The Orbi AXE11000 router features a WAN port that supports incoming speeds of up to 10Gbps, which is twice as fast as the fastest internet plans in the country. Chris Monroe/CNET.

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