Orbi AX6000 Mesh WiFi 6 System: Fast, Full-Home Coverage

Have you ever experienced WiFi that stops working in the bedroom upstairs? Or outside in the garden? Or does it simply stop working when more than four individuals connect? Yes. Most routers weren’t designed for how we use the internet today, which is all the time, in every room, and on every device.

The Orbi AX6000 Mesh WiFi 6 System comes in at that point. Not only does it expand WiFi, it also changes how your house obtains internet. Quick speeds. No dead places. Good coverage in huge houses, residences with more than one floor, and even homes with thick walls that generally laugh at routers.

This system can handle anything, from smart fridges to 4K broadcasts to back-to-back Zoom conversations, thanks to its support for WiFi 6. If you’re tired of slow, inconsistent WiFi, this may help.

Let’s explain what it does, how to set it up, alter it, fix it, and whether it’s worth the jump.

What is Orbi AX6000?

In simple terms? It’s a mesh Orbi setup that works very well.

The AX6000 is the total amount of wireless bandwidth over two 5GHz channels and one 2.4GHz band. That means you can have speeds of up to 6 Gbps. But the most essential thing is that it efficiently distributes those speeds across rooms and devices.

This isn’t the usual arrangement for a single router. It’s an Orbi setup that makes a single network across the full home. No jumping between signals and no strange latency in certain areas.

Main features:

• WiFi 6 (802.11ax) with three bands
• Total speed of up to 6 Gbps
• Coverage area of up to 5,000 square feet (more with multiple satellites)
• Can handle more than 100 devices attached to it
• A main router and one or more satellites operating together
• 1GB of RAM and a 2.2GHz quad-core CPU
• Each device has four Gigabit LAN connections

The Orbi Setup—It’s Not That Hard

It doesn’t take long to set up the Orbi AX6000. You don’t even need a tech buddy to be there. You’re halfway there if you can plug in a light.

Using the Orbi App to Set Up?

What you need:

• A modem that works and can connect to the internet
• Your Orbi AX6000 router and satellite(s)
• An Orbi App on a smartphone or tablet

Steps:

• Take the pieces out of the box. The router goes near the modem, and the satellite goes where the coverage declines.
• Turn them on. Wait for the white LED ring on top to blink.
• Link the router to the modem. Use the Ethernet cable that comes with it.
• Start the Orbi app. Do what it says. It tells you what to do next, such how to name your network, create a password, and check for firmware upgrades.

In roughly ten minutes, you can utilize WiFi anywhere throughout the home. It even notifies you if you put your satellite in the wrong position. Pretty easy.

Orbi Setup Via Browser

The app isn’t working? Or do you simply like the old way better? Setting up the browser:

• Link your PC to the Orbi network via WiFi or Ethernet.
• Open a web browser and type in orbilogin.com.
• Use the default Orbi login information that is on the label.
• Follow the instructions on the screen. Set up the name of the network, the password, and so forth.

This approach takes longer, but you have complete control if you want it.

Setting up the network: easy or hard, it’s up to you.

You may keep things as they are after you’re set up, or you can make little changes depending on how you use the internet.

Basic changes:

• Change the password and SSID
• Turn the Guest Network on and off
• Use the app to set parental controls
• Set up times when WiFi will be down (for devices or the full network)

More advanced changes:

• IP reservations, port forwarding, and DHCP settings
• VLAN tagging for certain ISPs
• Custom entries for DNS servers
• A traffic metre to keep an eye on data use

You can find all of this in the Orbi app or at orbilogin.com. But for most individuals, the default settings work well.

When things don’t go well, troubleshooting is needed.

No gadget is perfect. Things happen. But the Orbi system delivers good feedback when things go wrong.

Satellite with a purple ring?

That indicates it can’t connect to the router anymore. Try:

• Getting it closer
• Restarting both the satellite and the router
• Manually re-syncing by clicking the “Sync” button

Are you having trouble logging in to orbilogin.com?

• Check that you are linked to the Orbi network
• Clear the cache in your browser
• Instead, try using 192.168.1.1

Do you think the speeds are slow?

• Check the speed of your ISP directly (it could not be the router)
• Restart the Orbi system
• Check that you’re in the 5GHz band for fast speeds up close.
• If it hasn’t been a while, update the firmware.

App not finding satellite?

• Make sure it is on and the LED ring is either white or blue.
• Press the Sync button on each device.
• Hold the pinhole button for 10 seconds to reset the satellite if it still doesn’t work.

Except for factory resets, the system restarts quickly and doesn’t need resetting.

Resetting the factory settings means starting again.

If nothing else works and you want to start over:

To reset to factory settings:

• Look for the Reset hole on the back of the router or satellite
• Press and hold for more than 10 seconds with a paperclip
• The LED ring will blink, and the machine will restart.

After that, it seems like it just came out of the box.

What to Expect in Terms of Performance Over Time

You won’t need to replace this router for a year. It can handle WiFi 6 and more than 100 devices, so it should last as technology changes. And it automatically upgrades the firmware, so you won’t be stuck with old software six months from now.

If you live in a house with:

• More than three rooms
• More than one floor
• 10 or more devices always connected
• There are smart devices all over the place

…this system won’t mind.

A Quick Wrap-Up

Are you wondering whether the Orbi AX6000 setup is too much for a one-bedroom apartment? Yeah, most likely.

But if you’re having trouble with uneven coverage, slow speeds, or an outdated router that’s too full, this is a good upgrade. Setting it up is easy, it works well all the time, and the range is crazy good.

You don’t have to watch it all the time. You don’t need to restart it every week. And once it’s up, you basically forget about it since the internet simply works. All over.

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