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The Orbi is not a true mesh network. The two units it comes with are the router and satellite. They work together as a traditional router and extender with the added perks of mesh networking. Handoff of devices between units is seemless. You don't have to worry about one of the devices holding on to a connection when the other node would be giving you a better signal. The problem is that it is not a true mesh network. If you buy an additional single satellite, you must now make sure to place the original router between the two satellites or the furthest will not work. This can make laying them out in a home difficult if perhaps the cable enters the house at one end, but you need internet at the other. This is why Orbi is not a true mesh system. Velop is new and still has some software/firmware bugs to work out, but if you need more than the two nodes the Orbi comes packed with it is still the better choice. Otherwise if the two devices the Orbi comes with would be enough to cover your home get that. It also has some improvements to make still, but overall it is a solid platform and meets the same standards as the Velop for practical application.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Stu, It is very similar. Linksys Velop is newer technology, and from a very quick glance at the comparable specs, the Velop has better stats. They are basically the same thing however.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The Netgear Orbi uses a dedicated backhaul from the remote node to the base station, this allows for completely unfettered transmission from either the base station to the clients or the remote node to the clients without cutting your bandwidth in half to spend part of that time sending and receiving to/from the client then to/from the base station as a standard WiFi extender would. Also, the Netgear Orbi has more of a 'classic' router design on the base station, with a port for the broadband connection then additional ethernet ports for any nearby wired devices. The Linksys Velop departs from that classic design in a fairly drastic way. Each of the nodes can be the primary node while the others are set up as the additional nodes... This is not to say that the primary node migrates, rather that it doesn't matter which one you pick out of the box to set up first. After that you just add additional nodes to the mesh and it allows for an expanded WiFi network. A downside to this setup is that there is no dedicated backhaul, but what it does do to compensate for that is that it will send your data from the node it receives it on back through the mesh on the radio that is least used (for example: if your client is connected to the node via 2.4GHz, it will use the 5GHz radio to transmit that data back to the device on your broadband... It will also pick the best path, whether that means hopping nodes or directing it straight back to the primary device). The bottom of the Velop nodes is again a departure from your classic router design. Each one has 2 ethernet pots, which in the primary node is used for uplink to the broadband network, leaving one available for direct connection. In the remote nodes, those ports can be used for wired bridging to your wireless mesh. Outside of that is a standard power and reset button. The nodes themselves are quite small and unobtrusive especially compared to 90% of all other router offerings out there, but you'd need to ask yourself if you need more than just 1 available ethernet port at your router's location. In most cases for most people that is a no, but this will give you the option to spread out some of those hard wired devices if that works better for you when using those bridged ports on the remote nodes.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Orbi does select the best 2.5g or 5g for its network too. You don't need to manually select them? I tho both the same on that one? And plus the orbi have an extra usb for external hard drive or printer altho it's not available now but will be available in the near future
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The Velop goes one step further than the Orbi by supporting dynamic frequency selection (DFS) allowing it to automatically pick the best channel or band at a given time to connect the hardware units and clients together. You can also link the Velop units together using network cables, which will completely eliminate signal loss and distance restriction -- something the Netgear Orbi so far hasn't allowed.
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