NETGEAR Orbi RBK852 AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh System Tri-band (2.4 GHz / 5 GHz / 5 GHz) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Grey, White 8 Internal

“Thanks to COVID, vast swathes of us are currently working from home though as lockdown restrictions ease we may start to get back to normality, or at least the ‘new normal'. One after effect is that many may never return to an office.”

“The very real prospect of working from home makes now as good a time as any to consider improving our network configurations. Running dedicated cabling is typically the optimal route for both speed and reliability, but a wire-free setup is easier to…”

Verdict: The Orbi WiFi 6 delivers exactly what it promises. It's faster than any 802.11ac extender system, and its mesh design enables it to project a strong signal into places a standalone router might struggle to reach. Advertisement - Article continues belowThe...

Verdict: There aren't many mesh router systems as good as the Netgear Orbi Wifi 6 right now, but then there aren't many as expensive either. If you're struggling with Wi-Fi dead zones and a lot of connected gadgets though, then the price of the upgrade might just...

Verdict: The NETGEAR Orbi AX6000 is unquestionably the fastest mesh WiFi system we've ever tested – so long as you use WiFi 6 clients. With existing 802.11ac clients, it's the fastest below 20m range. So overall it delivers on the promise of WiFi 6. The devices ar...

Verdict: It's impossible to fault the Netgear Orbi WiFi 6 RBK852 for speed and range, with this Wi-Fi 6 mesh system delivering the fastest results we've ever seen. What you gain in performance you lose in features, however: this system lacks the parental controls...