NETGEAR Orbi Tri-Band WiFi 6 Router (RBR860S), Coverage up to 2,700 sq. ft., 100 Devices, 10 Gig Internet Port, Free Armor Security, Expandable To Create A Mesh System, AX6000 802.11 AX (Up to 6Gbps)

Replaced an older Netgear Nighthawk router which was struggling with the coverage.Before I was getting 35mb in our living room with 1Gb Community Fibre. Now I’m getting about 750 mb wireless.It’s a pretty pricey piece of kit but if you’re struggling with speeds and coverage this is what you need.

I’ve been struggling to get fast WiFi around my house, since upgrading my broadband to 1gbps. The house is a large stone built house over 3 floors, and was getting about 200mbps in most areas. Since buying and installing the RBRE 960, I am now getting over 900mbps everywhere. Yes it is expensive, but well worth the money. Fantastic Mesh system

I was quite excited about this new model, especially because I have a 10G wired network at home and the WAN interface if the main Orbi hub is also 10G. Together with Wifi 6E maximum bandwidth all round!But there were some serious issues which makes the £1500 purchase not worth it for me:1. The wireless backbone which connects the satellites with the main hub is not reliable. It disconnects/connects repeatedly. This is in a 3 bedroom house with normal walls. No huge distances or large obstructions.2. As soon as I put a satellite 2 rooms further it indicates it has an slow connection.Again short distance with only two walls.3. I have a lot of smart plugs/light/ Alexa devices (20+). They all connect to the main hub. Whatever I do, restarting, putting them closer to a satellite, it doesn't help. They work as expected, but it defeats the point of a mesh network. Apple devices do jump from hub to satellite and back depending where you are. (Wifi 6)4. My office printer (2GHz wireless) refused to connect to the wifi. Only when I created a separate network with only 2.5 Ghz enabled (no 6 or 5) did it connect.Again, it does the job but with all the issues above I think paying £1500 is a bit to much. I expect a top notch product for a premium price.As a side note: it would be nice if you could manually move a device to another satellite/hub via the web interface.

I got the matt black ones. Fingerprint magnets so careful when setting up. Wiping with IPA takes off the matt coating very easily so don’t do that.Units are large and also heavy, nearly 1kg each.App is limited in functionality, however, Web GUI served by each router/satellite has way more functionality.Fast connections and once connected it stays connected. It doubled my wifi file transfer rates.Four ethernet ports on each device allows for flexibility to hardwire more. My PSUs are 12V 3.5A which is different to spec. No annoying status lights on the front once setup and working.Only gripes, price and the fact that you can’t specify which DNS server to use for DHCP clients so when using PiHole all requests come from router address only.If you want a network that is stable, fast and doesn’t require rebooting every week to fix weird problems then this is an option.

Best Mesh system out there. Noticeable better in both speed and strength of signal than the previous generation i had, which was a tri-band.

Update: i down graded to the RBR850 read below the problems i had with RBR860. Thus was September 2023 all has been fine until a firmware update a short while ago. Im now getting the same problem i has with the rbr860’s. Satellites dropping going out of sync less than 5m from router, can only sync placing next to the router even though i have a blue led in its position and normally show connection good. Its almost as if they used the same firmware. I get various satellites added to my system that dint exists, they simply show as not connected you have to log into the router to delete. Sometimes in app it shows no devices connected to satellites but many are. All in all for this amount of money not happy still under warranty so I'm trying netgear support. But nothing worst than unreliable wifi!!!!Well for a B product that costs this much you’d expect reliability. My problem is I have had the product with 2 satellites installed for 3 weeks, it is now the third time one of the satellites has gone offline. Pressing sync doesn’t bring it back. Only way is to unplug it and plug it back in. This is not good I shouldn’t have to do this. I have 2 weeks to decide now, I will ring netgear support tomorrow but I think I need to return before I go past the return date. Great bit of kit I even subscribed to the protection for a year but I need stability. I have read anywhere others having this problem so is it a hardware fault? Lot of money. The mesh system is great works really well.Update: I tried to register product with netgear for support as had more problems. Low and behold it was already registered so couldn’t get support. It was now last return date, I spoke to Amazon what a great company, no problem told me to return the product, which I have. I ordered the Orbi 850 as new and cheaper, had a few problems getting my netgear Armor moved across as laid hot a year, but a few phone calls sorted. The 850 has been 100% reliable no problems at all. To be honest not sure what you get for the £300 difference to the Orbi 860. But now I am happy, think to be honest the Amazon warehouse Orbi 860 must of been faulty and had been returned by previous owner.

We have 1 gig fibre and on our previous even sat next to the WiFi we would only ever get 300mbps - now all the way through the house at least 800mbps

Does what it say, blisteringly fast, great coverage