JB Hi-Fi has 20% off on the Orbi AX6000. This pack includes 1 router + 2 satellites
NetGear Orbi RBK853 AX6000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (3 Pack) $1399.20 + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi
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Sydgun on 28/12/2021 - 07:44 jbhifi.com.au (408 clicks)
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I thought this price was a typo. For $1400 you could get 3 dd-wrt routers and a cabler to run cat6 between them.
different use cases… this does not require breaking walls.. :P
I am not sure whether this is the case when it comes to real-life transmission, We'd also need to think about signal penetration from the client devices at the same time as the capability of your router. you'd find lot of portable and IOT devices are only capably of short-distance transmission and often fall back to backward-compatible transmission capability set.
Thanks, bought 82.
why would someone pay $1400 for this compared to other WiFI6 mesh packages in the market? example: eero 6 pro(which I recently bought haven't set up yet) and TP-link , Dlink or others which are under $1000 mark
I wouldn't expect Netgear to do something outside the regulated WiFI6 framework when it comes to range, throughput,QoS (signalling mechanisms). must have to be quality support,Software or subscription service.
I also wonder the same… I can understand it may be cheaper than hiring someone to wire a house but there are much cheaper options. Not sure what kind of customer this product is for?
It's aimed at Customers where "Cash is not a problem"
Aimed at "non-tech" parents who cave in to their demanding gamer kids, who think you can only buy these products from retailers like Jb and Harvey.
Yes, same here, and for the price it's not even WiFi6E with 6GHZ.
I read previously on ozb that they have subscription based features after an update. Is it true ?
I bought myself ASUS ET8 from US (wifi 6e). So far it's been really good.
Afaik 6e isn't approved for Australia legally
You're right. At the moment Wi-Fi 6E routers are not available locally in Oz. Wi-Fi 6E motherboards and mobiles are.
Welcome to Australia
Any news on when the Wifi 6e products are going to be available locally?
I mean I get the simplicity of having a consumer based system, but there is no way this is worth 1399, let alone 1749.
Go and get the Amplifi Alien system on sale. At least with Ubiquiti you getting a decent OS and far better quality hardware.
Cashed up tradie walks into JB hi-fi.
"I need better wifi at me joint"
"Sure, this will work best"
"Cheers mate"
Non Tech Savvy grandma walks in to JB.
"I've got a two bedroom unit, will this cover it?"
"Nearly, ma'am. Let me find you another hub so you can have one in your toilet as well".
Hahahaha. Mate, I just need to give away $1400 cash. Cheers mate.
Go and get the Amplifi Alien system on sale.
It’s on sale for $999 at Scorptec if anyone’s interested
I'm still running the previous version, Netgear Orbi RBK50, which is Wi-Fi 5. I have no reason to upgrade.
Those can still be had for around the $300 mark for a router + single satellite kit. Extra satellites are around the same price. Pretty good value still I think for how well they perform.
Running its baby brother, the rbk23. Starting to slow down now that I have so many devices on it but it absolutely is a great piece of kit for the money.
Agree, i have the RBK50 setup and it has been working great. I honestly don't see why in any practical sense i'd need to upgrade or move to WiFi 6 for several years to come (and i stream IPTV all over the house, 4K from my NAS etc). Would be tempted to get another satellite for the garage but never seem to stumble on them.
I setup my rbk50 yesterday and could not be more disappointed. It doesn’t allow me to select the 5 ghz band and keeps switching me between 2.4 and 5 ghz. As One of my rooms is away from router / satellite it keeps connecting me to 2.4 ghz, and on 2.4 my internet speed drops down to literally 2 mbps and when I shutdown 2.4, it is forced to connect to 5ghz band and I get the bandwidth of 250+ again in the same room. Very very disappointing algorithm of band switching
You could try connecting a satellite through a power over ethernet adapter. Maybe check if your model supports it.
@Sydgun: Will try.
When I saw bandwidth dropped from 250 to 2, I lost all my interest in the setup. I will give it a try anyway
Yes that limitation is annoying, but 2mbps is seriously wrong mate i get 20+mbps 20m away on my back fence from my satellite that is not even connected via ethernet. Make sure your satellite is within 10m or less from the router unit. I have my router in a front room as thats where NBN is, and then i have the satellite in living room (center of house).
Install a wifi analyzer on your phone and check which frequency channels you have selected, you could be clashing with other wifi networks or the like and selecting a more optimal channel can make a big difference.
Another thing you can do is change the power/strength of 2.4 to be less so the signal is not as strong and the intended device may then use 5Ghz. Also some devices (such as nvidia shields tvs) in their wifi settings actually allow you to tell it to stay on 5Ghz, i have all my media players doing this in different rooms.
Lastly, have a read of these settings and give that a go.
@Xizor: Thank you very much for detailed information mate. Really appreciate that. I have to get back to the setup again just lost the whole energy when that 2 mbps episode happened also mrs complained her speed was way low than mine when our phones were literally next to each other. I will try these settings.
These were the tests taken with 4 minutes difference from the same room on different bands.
@akstatic: No worries. I just went and did a test myself to be sure, at my back fence on my Galaxy S10+ on a fresh wifi attach ran Speedtest.net i got 27mbps DOWN, 7mbps UP. It is at least 20m from the satellite, then another 8m to router. All house house walls are either besser block or brick so aint nothing wifi friendly where i live.
Stick with it, you should be able to get it running much better. FWIW my 5Ghz is set to channel 36 and 2.4Ghz is set to 06, based on wifi analyzer finding the best open channels where i am. I check and change this if i ever have issues (used to happen a few times a year when i lived in an apartment), but since living in a house i think i've only needed to change it once when new neighbours moved in and picked channels that overlapped with mine.
Whats the diff between 3 asus RTAX55 setup in mesh? Other than 1/3 of price?
It would be a single point of management/convenience at a very high price if you tinker with your setup often. From the tech spec point of view, the major difference is that Tri-band vs dual-band.
Depending on the brand they would have some techniques for channel allocation and recovery and packet processing when it comes to quality of service or connectivity.
In real life, if you were to compare wires AX setup with another AX, for most consumers they don’t really matter and the gain is minimal to my eye whether you are on a $500 AX setup or a $1400 AX setupYep that's a good point. "Plug and play", convenience + performance
I have an 4 Asus Tri-band routers set-up as a mesh network. A work colleague bought the Orbi product in this deal at close to RRP. After playing with both, the Asus interface is miles better then the Orbi and performance is very similar. I just paid under 1k for my set-up during an Amazon sale. Orbi is not worth it and should be under 1k for this model.
Here we are on a bargain site, Is this a bargain? maybe depending on the point of view. this probably be a great education for a lot of people who are in the market for a consumer-grade wifi system
Maybe think of it as a High Yield Investment ©. These Orbi mesh systems are like C class Mercedes Benz cars - the kudos you will receive from the managers and partners at work will be immeasurable.
Have Netgear Orbi AX4200 — a.k.a the RBK752 (2-pack) with RBR750 and RBS750, which is sufficient for my needs.
Doesn't miss a beat with dozens of devices.This deal would be better for someone with a bigger house, and NetGear Orbi AX6000 would be better.
Just got it setup… It's blazing fast!
Got the rbk50 for $300 in 2017 thanks to ozbargain.
Rock solid since day 1 no downtime that I can remember.
Covers 350 sqm house but struggles on external cams.
Covers 350 sqm 2nd story house easilyYou could get 2 x ASUS Zenwifi's off Amazon and still end up with change.
How much degradation do you see thru solid brick walls with mesh systems like this? I've got ASUS routers in Aimesh and they're pretty good for a large house, certainly faster than my 250/25 NBN connection but I'm not trying to access a NAS or anything like that thru it.
Was certainly looking at the Asus xt8 at some point but it only came in a set of 2 and I don't know enough about AiMesh feature + don't have much time to tinker
You quite literally turn it on, add it as an access point/Aimesh in the app and it's done. Same process for adding any Asus router/AP to the Aimesh system. Very simple to use/setup.
The 2 pack (RBK852) is on TGGC for $775.
I suspect for the majority of us, the router is not the bottleneck but rather our internet connection speeds. If I was going to spend this kind of money, I would buy a couple of cheap AX routers and link them in mesh mode and upgrade my internet connection to 100/250 mbps.
Just get RBK50, this is pointless for 99% of people.
I grabbed a Google Nest WIFI router + 2 points set for $329 from Bing Lee yesterday. I know they aren't WIFI6 but they are working like a breeze here.
I was happy with my RBK50 until:
1) It dropped out a lot with my work VPN.
2) FW update in Aug 2021 caused the NXDOMAIN error on ethernet connected devices. Still not fixed as at Dec 2021. Netgear support and software are horrible.
3) It again caused issues with work VPN after an NBN outage from a corroded wire in the pit. Lots of headache until I realised it's the router and performed a factory reset.It's expensive but according to the reviews it's very fast! Better than the ubiquity alien and any mesh system speed wise.
I guess it comes to what speed you can get. Nbn 100mbs is not worth it but if you have a 1 gigabit connection you will likely spend 1k to assemble a good network for your home.
People actually spend $000’s for “seamless” internet browsing experience?
Surely ozb is not just about “discounted” product but sensible too?
crazy. Can grab three xiaomi ax6000 router for less than half price. Mesh them together on the same network via app.
Officeworks is $1,399 ($0.20 lower) for the 3 pack as well:
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/netgear-or…