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  • Technical Specs: ROUTER: - Size: 10.64 in - Sync: 3 - Ethernet ports: 4 (2.5 Gig) - Internet port: 10 Gig SATELLITES: - Size: 5.78 in - Ethernet ports: 4 (2.5 Gig)
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NETGEAR - Orbi 870 Series BE21000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 7 System (3-pack) - White

Model:
RBE873-100NAS
SKU:
6612971
$999.99
Save $300
Comp. Value: $1,299.99

Customer reviews

Rating 4 out of 5 stars with 45 reviews

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    Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars

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69%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers frequently mention the excellent and lightning-fast speeds of the Orbi 870 Series BE21000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 7 System. Users also appreciate the wide coverage, with many reporting it easily covers multiple levels of their homes. Furthermore, customers find the overall performance to be great and the setup process smooth and straightforward.

This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.

The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
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  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Glorious WiFi

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Product is revolutionary! Has totally revamped my home network. I’m getting speeds up to 980 mbps throughout my home! My XBox games install in minutes!! Worth the money in my opinion! Only con was the initial setup. Little frustrating. Had to set it up twice.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    very nice

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    amazing how fast wifi 7 is! netgear is easy to set up and use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Great Mesh System that is a little big and $$$

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to install, fast speeds being available throughout the house on multiple levels, the boxes are quite big and it’s not cheap! Overall a great investment that should last a few yeara

    This review is from NETGEAR - Orbi 870 Series BE21000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 7 System - White

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Pure garbage

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    These are pure garbage. I replaced an old velop mesh router with this and regretted it. It worked ok for 2 months. Then the tech support expried. They wanted $180 to support this device. Despite having an active hardware warranty. They would talk to me. Lots of devices wouldnt connect. The range got really weak. Then finally bandwidth was at about 30mb no matter what when i had 1gb at the modem. Ultimately the company didnt help and i returned it to best buy and got a deco which was instantly better. Best buy should pull this product.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Coverage

    buy it

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy installation if you don't change the name until you finish the installation. The app works great and the orbi covers over 3500 sq ft and outside. It is more expensive than others but worth the price if you have a large house with two stories and multiple walls.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Not close to worth even the $899 sale price.

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This system does not outperform much less expensive mesh systems. Withouth getting too techical 5ghz and 6ghz wifi are super sensitive and a lot of factors will impact your individual experience with it and the way clients behave. All of the important settings you would need to be able to tweak to get it dialed in for a particular house are not user changeable settings and their AI does a poor job of managing them. If you want the kind of performance they promise with wifi 7 tri band you need to go with Ubiquity equipment and have the patience to set it up. Ironically it isn’t even that much more expensive than this Orbi setup.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend

  • Firmware is a mess, support is worse

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bugs in device tables that self corrupt every 45 mins. Devices disconnect randomly. Roaming in the house causes denial of service attacks by devices on the network. I factory reset 4 times, didnt change anything. Support said one of my my problems was parental controls that i activated (free trial) but they refused to remove all traces of parental controla from my account to enable functionaility in the router web UI. They sked for pictures of dhcp assigned 0.0.0.0 IP addresses, which i couldn’t do because parental controls is enabled - and then said i should ask them to remove it. Wow, the actual title of the ticket is exactly that and they refused several times more! They closed one support ticket out of the blue with no response, then referenced it in a response to a new ticket but told me to do the same things that already didn’t work that were documented in the referenced case. And still wouldn’t address firmware issues or remove parental controls activation. Cant use this junk.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Netgear Support
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      Hi BWest1,

      Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback and we want you to know that your experience is important to us. We're sorry to hear that you are still experiencing issues with your RBE873 after speaking with Support. We would like to look into your case, please reach out to us with your contact information along with your case number and a copy of your review to [email protected], and we will be happy to help you.

      Regards,
      NETGEAR Team

  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Love the seamless coverage.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Seamless operation. The Orbi app is worthy. This is my 3rd Orbi set.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Excellent Home Coverage

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent product for the price and home coverage.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Expected Better Speed and Stabilit

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I upgraded to the Orbi 870 hoping for faster speeds, but honestly I didn’t see any significant improvement over my old Orbi 753. My internet performance feels about the same, and in some areas it even seems slower. Additionally, I’ve had connectivity issues with my Blink cameras — they struggle to stay connected to this router, and overall the network feels less stable and smooth compared to my old Orbi.

    This review is from NETGEAR - Orbi 870 Series BE21000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 7 System - White

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend

  • great upgrade from my 5 year old Orbi

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The product works great and was a simple swap from my previous Orbi. It's been my experience over the past 20 years, these seem to die (or have severe degradation of performance) at 5 years. Was hoping that the previous Orbi may have lasted longer given it was a pricey mesh system, but alas here we are. Imagine in 5 I'll be here again.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Best price

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got this product from Best Buy after looking at it for a long time. The timing was right and the price was the best.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Orbi 870

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is one of the best wi-fi system I've ever used

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • No Big Change

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I was hoping these would extend my home wifi range and speed. The difference was negligible from the device the ISP installed. Save your money.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Connectivity

    Great coverage

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to install. Great coverage and very reliable.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Netgear router

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great purchase works very well worth the money spent

    This review is from NETGEAR - Orbi 870 Series BE21000 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 7 System - White

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Netgear Nonsense

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Over the course of a work week, I lost 30 hours rebooting and troubleshooting this system. It would function properly for a few days then the system would go down or I’d lose a satellite. I finally went back to my old system and stuck with it as I’m unable to return since just after Best Buy’s return window. Google common issues with this system before considering.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Netgear Support
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      Hi BenJamin,

      Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback and we want you to know that your experience is important to us. We are sorry to hear that you are having a difficult experience with your RBE873 system going down and disconnecting your satellite. We recommend unplugging your RBE873 Router from your modem and performing a full power cycle of your Orbi WiFi System as well as modem. When your modem comes back online then reconnect your RBE873 Router to the modem, checking to ensure all cables are firmly attached and in good condition. We also recommend ensuring your Router and Satellites are on the most recent firmware v10.5.20.4 and then re-sync your Router and Satellites, beginning in the same room and moving out towards their intended destinations. For more information, please visit the following links: https://kb.netgear.com/000068426/, and also: https://kb.netgear.com/31018/How-do-I-sync-my-Orbi-router-and-satellite.

      If you continue to experience any issues, please reach out to us at [email protected] — we’re happy to help! If your experience has improved, we’d really appreciate an updated review.

      Regards,
      NETGEAR Team

  • Rhighley

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is the best. I am getting 1G down all over my home and outside. This is phenomenal.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Don't buy Orbi anymore!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Dropped everyday. Nearly hourly. It was the worst router experience of my life. I used to love Orbi, but something changed over at Netgear. Thank goodness too. The 870 failed so bad that it motivated me to return it. I found the ASUS BE30000 and that's like a real router. I can actually adjust the transmit power of the nodes or even adjust when a client needs to bind or push to another node based on signal loss. ASUS even let's the end user set up a reboot schedule to keep the router fresh. So thank you Netgear for forcing me into a relationship with ASUS. I haven't dropped once and it's been a wonderful experience.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Netgear Support
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      Hi Rich,

      Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback and we want you to know that your experience is important to us. We're sorry to hear that you had problems with your RBE873 dropping everyday and have already returned it. When experiencing an issue with connectivity, we recommend a few troubleshooting steps including unplugging the Orbi 870 Router from your modem or gateway and then performing a full power cycle of both. After 10 minutes when both have come back online, re-connect your Orbi 870 router to your modem or gateway. Afterwards, we recommend ensuring your RBE873 Router and Satellites are on the most recent firmware v10.5.20.4: https://kb.netgear.com/000068426/RBE871-RBE870-Firmware-version-10-5-20-4.

      If you decide to repurchase the RBE873 or any other NETGEAR product and have any issues, please reach out to us at [email protected] with your contact information, and we will be happy to help you.

      Regards,
      NETGEAR Team

  • Not reliable

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Not a reliable model I would say, WiFi connection was acting up randomly, tried everything, even returned the unit and got the other one, ending up returned the second unit too, I’m Orbi fan for years but sadly now

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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