ĩ0-day support policy and extra charge for security updates Read our full Netgear Orbi WiFi 6E (RBKE963) review.
If not, the Wi-Fi 6-based Orbi RBK852 further down this page makes for a worthy alternative. You'll also have to pay for tech support after 90 days.īut if you can afford to pay for this mesh system, you won't mind. Netgear offers trial subscriptions to its Armor security software, which includes Bitdefender antivirus, and parental controls. At a distance of 15 feet, the router's 6-Ghz channel delivered throughput of more than a gigabit, the first mesh router to do so in our tests.Įach unit has 12 antennas and four Ethernet ports (one rated at 2.5 Gbps), and the system creates channels on the 2.5, 5 and 6-Ghz bands, plus a fourth 5-Ghz one for backhaul between units.
The RBKE963 can cover up to 9,000 square feet add a third satellite and you can go to 12,000 square feet. But if you have money to burn, a gigabit broadband connection and an enormous house, this is the mesh system for you. Easily the fastest mesh-router system on the planet, Netgear's Orbi RBKE963 is also the most expensive.
