NETGEAR Orbi 970 Series Quad-Band WiFi 7 Mesh Network System (RBE973S), Router + 2 Satellite Extenders, Covers Up to 10,000 sq. ft., 200 Devices, 10 Gig Internet Port, BE27000 802.11be (Up to 27Gbps)
$2,240.65
Available in stock
Description
Price: $2,240.65
(as of Jul 21, 2024 01:42:22 UTC – Details)
Orbi WiFi 7 is in a class of its own, designed for a new era of entertainment, hybrid work, and smart home convenience. The Orbi 970 Series unlocks the power of WiFi 7 with speeds up to 27Gbps, 2.4X faster than WiFi 6. Exclusive, patented Quad-Band technology with Enhanced Dedicated Backhaul ensures WiFi stays fast across all devices simultaneously. In addition, the Orbi 970 brings exceptional 360°WiFi coverage across every corner of your home, regardless of the layout, from the front door to the back yard and the basement to the rooftop. It includes a 1-year subscription of NETGEAR Armor, all-in-one internet security protection.
Orbi 970 Series with WiFi 7 unleashes speeds up to 27Gbps for unparalleled performance and coverage for your whole home, from the front door to the back yard and the basement to rooftop
WiFi 7 delivers 2.4x faster speeds than WiFi 6 and will maximize performance across all your WiFi devices
From 8K streaming to video conferencing, gaming, VR, and more, Orbi ensures your family can accomplish it all at once
Exclusive, patented Quad-band technology with Enhanced Dedicated Backhaul ensures WiFi stays fast across all devices simultaneously
Elegant, new design and high-performance antennas provide exceptional 360° WiFi coverage across every corner of your home, no matter the layout
Works with any internet service provider. Whether multi-gig cable or fiber, get the fastest speeds available today and tomorrow with a 10 Gig internet port. Easily set up and manage your WiFi with the Orbi app
3 x 10Gbps plus 8 x 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports unlock unbeatable speed and reliability for wired connections – including gaming consoles, media storage, and 10Gbps wired backhaul option
NETGEAR Armor protects your family’s WiFi with an automatic shield of security for your PCs, smart phones, security cameras, and more. 1-year subscription included
Customers say
Customers like the performance of the router, mentioning that it has stellar performance. They are also happy with coverage, and ease of setup. However, some customers have reported issues with technical support and app. They say that the support seemed out of touch, and the app is very limited. Opinions are mixed on quality, connectivity, and value.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Grizzey –
FAST, reliable and excellent WiFi coverage with a great app!
I recently purchased the Orbi 850 after reading rave reviews, and I have to say, it lives up to the hype and more! Setting up the main router satellite and (3) additional satellites was a breeze; the instructions were clear, and the app made the process seamless. The coverage is outstanding. I now have strong WiFi signal in every corner of my home, even in areas where it used to be weak. Streaming movies, gaming, and video calls are all smooth and uninterrupted. The design is sleek and fits well with my home decor. Overall, I’m incredibly satisfied with my purchase. If you’re looking for reliable WiFi with excellent coverage, the Orbi 850 is definitely worth considering as highly recommend.
Joe R. –
Absolutely Amazing
This Orbi Mesh Wifi 6 system is the sweet spot for me when it comes to cost and performance. It is more expensive than say the Google Nest Pro Wifi and Eero Wifi systems, but is not quite as expensive as other 6e or Orbi 7 systems.The performance is absolutely stellar! The antennas packed into them are very strong. The setup was a breeze. And THEY WORKED FOR MY CENTURYLINK FIBER! The last point is a godsend as other routers have issues with Centurylink Fiber as it requires VLAN Tagging to get to communicate properly with the ONT. It was simple, but also a little tricky on getting the settings configured in the correct order so that the router stays connected while everything got changed over, but once it did it really took off!Signal strength is great. The satellite is absolutely great as well. I now have an extremely consistent and fast connection all throughout my home! Better yet it has 3 LAN ports on both the Router and Satellite to connect all of my devices that I don’t need wireless!Absolutely blown away by this system and I’m glad that I decided to test it out.
Rlava –
Easy setup, high quality
Super easy to install and set up satellite for internet at home. Provides great coverage for WiFi around the house
David G. –
Really fast, but far from being ready for prime time
Pros:- Speed, speed, speed. Best WiFi speeds I’ve ever experienced, I routinely hit peaks at 800MBps+ (see pic) => +5 starsCons:- Web interface is excruciatingly slow, counter-intuitive and cumbersome. The previous Orbi generation web interface was already pretty bad, but this is worse, the new Orbi supposedly comes with a much snappier CPU and should run the webserver a lot faster, but it doesn’t. To add insult to injury, Netgear removed a ton of options readily available in the Orbi first generation => -1 star- Security is not implemented well, the thing leaks like a sieve (see picture, you absolutely don’t want the blue squares). I would caution against connecting the router directly to your provider’s WAN, you might want to leave a gateway or a cheap yet capable router in the way. That’s using the latest firmware available (V3.2.9.2_1.2.4), and with the firewall settings on (“Disable Port Scan and DoS Protection” is off, it makes no difference on or off anyway, I tried both) => -2 starsI own the previous generation of Orbi router/satellites, they are far from perfect, but they are rock solid and reliable when it comes to security. This new product was obviously rushed to market, and consumers are essentially being used as beta testers. Given the amount of similar reviews all over the interwebs, I’m surprised Netgear is not stepping up, the firmware in its current state is either going to lead to extremely negative headlines when someone manages to exploit the security holes on the WAN side, or to a class action lawsuit for selling an unfinished product and not implementing what their website says they did. Netgear keeps saying here in the comments they provide high security and point to their website security “good practices”, but they haven’t even implemented the first “security measure” listed on their site.I’ll come back and update my review as they make progress, in the meantime, I’m putting my RBR850 behind an el-cheapo router with a standard firewall stack (it doesn’t take much effort to implement, but I guess it’s too much to ask from Netgear for now). This is disappointing to say the least, especially when you have to drop a grand to get a router and 2 satellites.*** 2/24/2020 update ***I did submit a case on the Netgear support website (per their request in the comments), and also pointed out the security issues on their forum. No peep from Netgear, so that’s another star that’s gone. Some forum users acknowledged they saw similar issues with the built-in firewall, but Netgear reps never took the time to look/respond at the forum either. I gave up and bought an Edgerouter 4 from Ubiquiti and switched the Orbi to AP mode (access point only). The Edgerouter proved to be rock solid and secure, though if you plan to make a similar move, make sure to triple-check your firewall rules on he router before you make the switch. It’s unfortunate I had to spend another $200 to get basic security that was available in the previous Orbi generation. One positive note: the guest network in AP mode still works, it has its own subnet and dhcp, I was actually surprised moving to AP mode didn’t screw that up (one can argue since guest devices are on a different subnet with its own dhcp, they’re effectively being route, so it’s not true AP mode for them, but that’s the way it should be designed to keep the guest network isolated).*** 3/1/2020 update ***I keep finding new bugs on a regular basis. Latest one: if you plan to use the router in AP mode and plan to use a fixed IP address for the router instead of DHCP, the router will not connect to NTP servers to get the correct time, even if you try to use a third party server and not Netgearâs. Why does it matter? Many devices will not properly connect to WiFi guest due to the fact that the guest network has its own DHCP server (itâs on its own VLAN), I suspect the leases are out of whack due to the time discrepancy between the router and the devices.*** 3/18/2020 update ***Netgear pushed a broken firmware last week and essentially bricked many Orbi’s in the process. See Netgear forums, lots of unhappy users over there. We’re well into negative stars territory at this point.*** 4/1/2020 update ***Well, I really gave it the old college try, but I eventually gave up and put the thing for sale on fleabay. The hardware is great, but the software is simply not mature enough, and I have better things to do than debug the damn thing on behalf of Netgear. I switched to the Amplifi Alien and things have been rock solid since then. YMMV.
Jeff D –
Powerful, fast system. Set-up is tricky!
Great mesh system so far. Doubled my download speed. Speed is now 360 Mbits down on Spectrum. Have all of my devices hooked up and running. Took lots of trial and error. Setting up this system is not for a novice! But once up and running, it is a great system. Had to set the wireless power level to 25% to get all of the devices solidly connecting. It is a very powerful system.
marcoangp –
ya hay internet en los rincones donde antes no llegaba la señal, ya no he tenido caÃdas de internet.
Mina Nazieh Kamel Said –
I originally had a basic Velop mesh system and decided to upgrade to a premium option. I chose Netgear, expecting great performance given its price and marketing. However, when I set it up in the same spot as the Velop, the units couldn’t even connect to each other. Despite the large size of the device, I was willing to overlook its appearance for a superior connection. Unfortunately, this turned out to be my worst experience ever, and I felt completely ripped off. I will be replacing it with the Deco X90.
Yaagy Canales –
vengo de usar las versiones anteriores de orbi, estas evidentement son mas potentes y ha mejorado el UI y etc… fue lo que esperaba… tengo la vida usando netgear
Octavio M. –
El mejor producto de su categorÃa, llevo poco probándolo pero en este tiempo su desempeño ha sido excepcional, lo recomiendo ampliamente, el precio es caro pero vale la pena cada centavo.
Senthil –
The product failed during the initial setup.I reached out to the technical support over the phone and they were very kind enough to trouble shoot the problem . Unfortunately the product was declared as Hardware failure by the Technical support team after spending nearly half day trouble shooting with multiple attempt and method. I was having a very high expectation on Netgear products , unfortunately it failed with me .Looks like its my bad luck i had to return the product.