Orbi 870 Series | WiFi 7 Mesh System | RBE873 | Wireless Router + 2 Satellites | Up to 21 Gbps | Covers 7,500 sq. ft. | Connects up to 150 devices | Tri-band BE21000 | 10 Gig Internet Port

Unfortunately, this is a one-star product for me. For a system at this price point, it has a critical flaw that fundamentally limits its capability. The main issue is its inability to sustain multi-gigabit throughput when operating over PPPoE, which is required by most UK ISPs. PPPoE introduces significant CPU overhead because every packet must be encapsulated and processed individually. The Orbi 870’s 1.5GHz processor simply does not have the processing headroom to handle this efficiently at multi-gig speeds. As a result, performance is heavily constrained. My line rate is 1.8Gbps, yet the router delivers only around 900Mbps over PPPoE. Upload throughput is also impacted, at times dropping to zero, and the system regularly experiences packet loss, leading to a noticeably degraded connection. Running the system in AP mode allows me to achieve full line speed, but that comes with substantial trade-offs. All the intelligent routing and optimisation features are disabled, including band steering, beamforming, and client steering to the closest satellite. In AP mode the system becomes little more than a basic access point, and for an £800 device that is far from acceptable. Several app features are also unavailable when AP mode is enabled. To its credit, the wireless performance is excellent. Coverage is strong, roaming between satellites is seamless when using Ethernet backhaul, and band steering across the 5GHz and 6GHz bands works very effectively. I have also not encountered any issues with IoT device compatibility. The mobile app is relatively minimal with few settings to adjust. For many users this may be a positive, as the system is intended to be plug-and-play with minimal configuration. Overall, the experience has been disappointing. If you have multi-gig broadband and expect to achieve your full speeds, this system does not justify its cost.

This is the third time I have upgraded my Orbi, but the first time I used as a router. The hubs that BT/EE supply are trash so I tried connecting this new system directly to my full fiber access point. That went fine but even though I positioned the sats in exactly the same place as my previous Orbi setup, it has taken two days for the system to figure out the optimal pathway. I literately called Netgear's support (which is excellent and easy to access) and the Satellite topology appeared on the app correctly as I was describing the issue to the tech! since then so far so good. The desktop app is prehistoric and the apple app very limited. Connections seem sound now. A big bonus is the improvement in stability of the main 2.4/5 GHz network channel when dealing with temperamental IOT 2.4 Ghz devices like my EV charger. Although I did set up the dedicated IOT access I haven't needed it. This alone is worth the cost. Netgear really need to improve the apps and documentation to get the best out of this. I had planned to use the old system as a handmedown in my other property but now seriously considering buying another of these just to improve the IOT stability.

For such an expensive product the reliability is really poor, dropping connections and needing to be reset daily. Seems to be a known problem with no solution.

Excellent product and setup was easy, the only criticism I would say rebooting the system takes a while and it is expensive, but other than that it is a great product for anyone looking to fully utilise their fibre optic plan. I’m currently using community fibre on an 1GBPS plan and the mesh setup they provided wasn’t to my liking so swapped it out with this. Now I get 1GBPS download and upload speeds on WIFI and the signal is amazing with no interference. I would say to anyone. If you do use your own equipment with your ISP, you may find the speed will drop a little bit for the first few hours and once the system configures it self you should be up and running normally. Also from reading a few articles if you are using community fibre and have issues, clone the MAC address from their supplied router or call them up to reprovision the supplied ONT.

El rendimiento no está a la altura de lo anunciado y el servicio al cliente es pésimo. Hay que recurrir a un ingeniero para que responda a sus solicitudes de verificación o ajustes. Un producto de muy mala calidad, excesivamente caro para el rendimiento real.

L'installation est très longue : il y a des moments où j'ai cru que c'étais planté, mais non : donc attendre tranquillement que l'électronique fasse ce qu'elle a à faire. Dans l'appli, ils disent qu'on peut remplacer le nom de réseau par celui déjà existant, et les périphériques vont se reconnecter automatiquement, ce n'est pas le cas : pour certains un rebook suffit. Pour d'autres (caméra Reolink) une nouvelle installation a été nécessaire. En revanche, les satélites se synchronisent tout seuls, il n'y a pas de configuration à faire. La première fois faut appuyer sur "sync", par la suite on peut les brancher-débrancher et faire des tests du meilleur endroit. Une fois que, enfin, tout réseau est en place, le système est stable. La technique Mech est pas mal : on n'a pas des sous réseaux etc (il y en a surement) mais côté utilisateur, on en voit qu'un et on a pas se compliquer la vie. CONCLUSION : c'est un effort financier (1399 € avec deux satellites le 01/03/2026) ça change des répéteurs en mode wps. Faut bien penser au nombre de répéteurs, car à la pièce, c'est 600 €. La qualité du signal est franchement meilleure, en revanche, la portée n'est pas tellement meilleur qu'avec un Netgear répéteur. Mise à jour 13/03/2026 : j'ai acheté le produit 1400 € le 2 mars, il est affiché 1360 € le 13 mars. Prix à surveiller, j'ai jusqu'au 2 avril pour retourner l'article et acheter moins cher. aujourd'hui 21/04/2026 c'est descendu à 1000 € ! - 38% ! J'ai vraiment été pris pour un jambon. A voir la suite ... Et voici la suite : le 08/05/2026 : 969 € : -40€ : attendons voir :)

Ist, was ich wollte! Funkt bis in den Keller mit Stahlbetondecke. Das ganze (Fertig-)Haus ist gut mit WLAN abgedeckt, auch mit nur 1 Satellit im Einsatz. Innerhalb meiner Etage kann ich über WLAN tatsächlich 1GBit/s übertragen (Satellit <-> Router). Ob auch mehr geht, konnte ich nicht testen. Laut Hersteller gehen ja in Summe 21 GBit/s. Für mich ist bei diesem Modell der eingebaute 4-Port-Switch eine praktische Sache. Bietet 3 Wlan-SIDs: "normale" SID, IoT-SID, Gäste-SID.