The smart home Wi-Fi mesh system supports multi-Gigabit internet and improves Wi-Fi performance.

Home networks were pushed to their limits last year with 86.5% of online and daily average use exceeded more than 180 minutes each day.

Remote work, virtual meeting, streaming, online shopping became the norm. Thus, Internet service providers supplied Gigabit plus connections at scale.

Wi-Fi based on the latest 6E standard in the clear 6GHz band is the only means to harness such Internet speed at home to handle all these applications unimpeded, Netgear says.

The Orbi Quad-Band Wi-Fi 6E system builds on Netgear’s Orbi Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 system (RBK853) by adding a fourth band for 6GHz Wi-Fi, providing the additional Wi-Fi spectrum to handle multi-Gigabit Wi-Fi speed on new smart phones and laptops, free of interference from other devices on the existing 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.

Many devices spanning mobile, laptops, and TVs already support Wi-Fi 6E. These include Samsung Galaxy S21, Fold 3 mobile phones, Dell Latitude 5520, Lenovo Thinkpad T14 laptops, Samsung Neo QLED 8K TV and Intel Wi-Fi 6E PCIe card, with more to come.

Devices running on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi bands will also experience an improvement in coverage and increased speeds of up to 30% with the Orbi RBKE960 Series due to the system’s upgraded Wi-Fi radio and antenna designs.

To augment the increased Wi-Fi speed, the Internet connection has also been upgraded to support up to 10 Gigabits, the fastest Internet speed available now or in the near term.

Additional 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet ports have been added on the router and satellites to provide an option for wired connections for customers with the latest multi-Gigabit Ethernet devices.

Orbi ensures maximum throughput with 16 Wi-Fi streams – the highest specification available -- at all 3 bands, 2.4, 5 and 6GHz.

Orbi Wi-Fi 6E 3 pack (RBKE963) provides Internet access to homes of up to 9,000 square feet for Wi-Fi 6 connections and is expandable for larger spaces or denser coverage of W-iFi 6E connections with the addition of extra satellites.

“From the moment multi-Gigabit Internet enters your home through our 10 Gb Ethernet port, to our quad-band architecture, 2.5 Gigabit LAN ports and improved 5GHz performance all the way down to your latest Wi-Fi 6E devices, there’s not a single bottleneck in this system,” says Netgear president and general manager of connected home products and services David Henry.

Technical specifications:
Quad-band Wi-Fi System - supports four Wi-Fi bands -2.4, 5 and 6GHz for connecting the router/satellite to all your devices and an additional dedicated fourth 5Ghz Wi-Fi band for connecting the router to the satellites.

Supports all-new Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz Wi-Fi band – The 6GHz Wi-Fi band adds more than double the bandwidth of 5GHz, resolving issues with interference and congestion in the 5GHz Wi-Fi band, and enables amazing multi-Gigabit Wi-Fi speed for connected Wi-Fi 6E devices.

Sixteen Wi-Fi Streams - to provide the best speed, range and performance to blanket your home with Internet speeds similar to what you receive from your Internet provider.

Ten Gbit Ethernet port for Internet – Future-proof your home network with support of up to 10 Gbps Internet speeds.

2.5 Gbps Ethernet port for wired connections –Multi-gig Ethernet port for wired connection to network storage, LAN gaming, in-home media streaming, or use it to set up a wired multi-gig connection between the router and satellites with structured Ethernet wiring in your home.

More flexibility to manage home network with support for four different Wi-Fi Networks – Main mesh Wi-Fi Network for all your devices using the latest WPA3 for secure connections; IoT Network for all your legacy and IoT devices; 6GHz Only Wi-Fi Network for all latest Wi-Fi 6E devices and Guest Wi-Fi Network.

Orbi App— Easily set up your Wi-Fi System, manage your network remotely, pause the Internet on any device, track your Internet data usage and more.
State-of-the-Art Security and Services

The Orbi Quad-band Wi-Fi 6E Mesh System Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3). With 128-bit encryption, the next generation of WPA protects against weak passwords that are easily cracked by hackers.

Quad-band Orbi Wi-Fi 6E includes a free 30-day trial of Netgear Armor service to protect the connected home from online threats. Negear’ Armor is built into the router as a security solution to monitor activity going to and from the Internet, protecting all the devices on a network, including smart TVs security cameras, game consoles, smart speakers, streaming players, and other smart home gadgets.

Also available as a paid subscription on the system is Netgear’s Smart Parental Controls which help parents manage their children’s time and access online across all connected devices.

Availability
The Orbi Quad-band Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System RBKE963 (router and two satellites) will be available at JB Hi-Fi and at Netgear Australia website in July 2022.

In addition, the special edition Orbi Black Edition is exclusive to the Netgear store and available for pre order today.

Pricing: Orbi Quad-band Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System
RBKE963: Orbi White Router and 2 Satellites – 3 pack, $2,799
RBKE963B: Orbi Black Edition Router and 2 Satellites – 3 pack, $2,799
RBSE960 and RBSE960B: Add-on Satellite, $999