Netgear Orbi Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (Open Box)
$159.34
$299.99
47% off
Reference Price
Condition: Factory Reconditioned; Open Box
Top positive review
16 people found this helpful
Better than Google Nest
By EFlowe on Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2022
UPDATED - I've worked in tech support for years. So I'm familiar with configuring WIFI routers. We had 2 Google WIFI nest systems and they were great. Really. No complaints. However a family member wanted nested WIFI and as family discussions go ours was offered up and we purchased a replacement. Remember I had 2 Google WIFI setups in 2 different locations and they worked great. I purchased the ORBI AX4200 Triband WIFI6 2pack (Refreshed) and honestly the only reason I did is I wanted to try the WIFI 6 and at the refreshed price I didn't have much to lose. I downloaded the app to my phone and followed the instructions and the 1st unit came online in a few minutes. I changed the SSID name and made a few personal selections for the network and ran my first speed test. BAM! Like that I had almost doubled my speed within my WIFI network. Again I have little to say bad about google nest wifi. But with this ORBI system (we have 800 mbs service) I jumped from at best 200mbs to over 400 mbs and sometimes close to 500 mbs WIFI signal. Now some of you reading the review might say "well that's not that impressive" but remember I went from 3 nested devices to (at this point only 1 device) and I had service on the 2nd floor, the 1st floor and even in the basement. To me that was impressive. So then I went and added the second device (remember I ordered the 2 pak) the device setup in a couple of minutes through the app and I put it on the same floor as the 1st one, I just put it at the back of the house and now we're getting reliable 400mb bandwidth by WIFI everywhere ... yes even in the basement and the house is a 100 year old house, no open concept design in this place. There are walls everywhere. Definitely improves the Zoom calls all day when working from home.Bottom line : Very impressive, Fast, easy to setup, worth the money, No dead spots anywhere.Now I want to justify to my wife putting this system in the 2nd location. It's that good.UPDATE: I have bought another 2 pack (refreshed) and put them in my second location. Both homes have 1000 mb service. The performance and reliability has been stellar no issues whatsoever. I will note for if you are considering this as a possibility for your home … please be aware that the guest network that you can configure along side your main network will not be as fast. We get 500 mb most all the time over Wi-Fi on our main network but the guest network will only be about 100mb. Which is fine for my friends who stop by and want to connect to Wi-Fi while visiting. But it is something worth mentioning. I am very satisfied with both my purchases and I am not some paid Amazon reviewer. (Unless you’re offering me a job) LOL ...UPDATE Again - I was incorrect that the guest network was limited to 100mb having switched network carriers the guest network now is over 400 mb. So please ignore my earlier comment. Still Loving our ORBI
Top critical review
2 people found this helpful
Software Makes it Unusable
By Brad K. on Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2021
The hardware is fine, I suppose. The housing is surprisingly cheap feeling plastic, but the signal is strong and the router connects well to the satellite on a lower floor.That was the good news.The bad news is that the software and/or admin interface is buggy and - at least for my purposes - unusable.Problem one – a couple of important websites seem to be blocked. Not dangerous or "adult" websites.The most important is just a software vendor that I need to be able to reach. They're in Europe, if that matters. Not sure why it should. I can reach other European websites.The only clues I find about this is that it could be related to a double NAT situation, where the router and my internet gateway are both providing NAT and maybe causing a conflict of some kind for these couple particular websites.So I begin going through steps to fix the double NAT, changing some settings on both the T-Mobile internet gateway and the Orbi router. But I find that the settings I need are not available in the Orbi app. I need to use the web interface. Ok – reasonable I guess.The first time I try to use the web-based admin, I get stuck in a loop where it insists I change my password.Not once. Over and over again without ever getting into the admin. A continuous loop of entering the serial number, answering security questions, reseting the password, and then being forced to immediately do it all again.Did it at least a dozen times. Being careful. Different browsers. Clearly caches.Do some Google-ing and find others have had the problem. The only solution seems to be a hard reset.<sigh>OK. Finally, I submit to the reality that I'll have to set everything up again. Do the hard reset.After a couple scary moments, it actually does work. I am able to get into the web admin interface and change the recommended settings (putting it in access point mode rather than router mode).But then, after getting everything working again, I find I still can't get to the original blocked websites.I check and seem to still have a double NAT problem.So, I decide to go back to the web admin and see if I can find other settings that might help me.Guess what?Yes, only about an hour later, stuck in a "reset your password" loop again.It's got the latest firmware. I don't know what's going on.I guess I have to assume the reason this was "refurbished" is that someone before me also had trouble, and there is something just defective about this one.So, I guess, "eff me" for taking advantage of the offer to save a few bucks buying the "good as new" refurb.
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