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GETTING CONNECTED While the technology is as advanced as it comes, thankfully getting the Orbi Quad Band Mesh Wi-Fi system up and running is almost alarmingly easy. Just call up the Orbi smartphone app, which guides you through the process step by step – everything from locating the base unit where your NBN connection enters the home, to placing the satellites around the house to offer the most effective whole-home coverage. Forget hours of head scratching, this literally takes a few minutes.

Netgear’s mesh-powered Orbi AXE11000 Quad-Band system brings the absolute cutting edge inWi-Fi technology to even the biggest home, with blazingWi-Fi speeds that banish slow connections and dropouts to history. Words Bec Summer N ot all mesh networks are built equally. Netgear’s Orbi Quad Band Mesh Wi-Fi system of

Wi-Fi devices concurrently. You can also avail yourself of very handy high speed ethernet connections – including 10Gps WAN and 2.5Gbps LAN – with the latter not only on the core unit, but also on the satellites. One of the many impressive things about the Orbi Quad-Band Mesh Wi-Fi system is the coverage that it offers. It can supply unflinching Wi-Fi to an astonishing 835 square metres, covering the biggest home – and likely the odd mansion, too! If you require even more coverage, extra satellites (sold separately) can easily be absorbed into the system to deliver even further range. Set-up is a breeze with the Orbi app (see box above), and it also offers several other handy features, ranging from creating separate networks within the home – say, one for the kids, another for guests – to security options and parental controls. Plus, you can do your day-to-day management of all things Orbi. We must also mention the look of the Orbi system. Routers range from “look at me!” to more subtly stylish, and this Orbi setup definitely hails from the latter camp. Each of the three sleek and smart 28cm tall units manage to hide 12 high-performance antennae within, so they fit the unobtrusive brief perfectly. If you’re looking for the cream of the crop of mesh systems, and futureproofing is a key consideration, then this superpowered Orbi AXE11000 Quad-Band System from Netgear has the technological edge that will serve you for many years – and many new and exciting devices – to come.

one base unit and two satellites harnesses the very latest in networking power, together creating one extended, super powered wireless network. What separates the Orbi from the rest of the mesh pack is the high-end technology that’s packed inside. It starts with its Quad-Core 2.2GHz processor, which is accompanied by 1GB RAM and 512MB of flash memory. But that’s just the beginning. The biggest key to unlocking

previously unexperienced internet speeds is what

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Netgear are claiming as a world first, with the Orbi Mesh Wi-Fi system delivering a combination of

two bleeding edge technologies. Quad-band tech dedicates an entire band solely to directing traffic between the core router and its satellites, resulting in uninterrupted Wi-Fi supply. Then there’s the Orbi’s showpiece in next-generation Wi-Fi 6E connectivity for compatible devices. For the uninitiated, Wi-Fi 6E takes the already super-fast Wi-Fi 6, and adds an extended spectrum that reaches to the 6GHz band. This allows a lot more freedom for data to do its thing without interference. The upshot? The fastest Wi-Fi, ever! Plus, it handles even the most data-hungry devices, such as 8K TVs, while

being futureproofed for whatever tech may be on its way. In practice, when coupled with a high-speed internet connection it really is a joy to behold. Nowadays, speed is everything, whether it’s surfing the net, video conferencing, streaming, or gaming. The Orbi Quad-Band Mesh Wi-Fi system doesn’t just let you do one thing or the other, as it has the power to do all of these things concurrently, by more than one user – no more family squabbles over bandwidth! The Orbi delivers up to a blistering 10.8 Gbps, which, in real terms, means that it can handle up to 200

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