How to Verify WiFi 7 From Orbi RBE971?

The Orbi RBE971 mesh router have built in WiFi 7 technology which provides tri-band network. You can manage these channels from the Orbi app or Orbi admin login interface. From this post, you’ll learn how to verify WiFi 7 from Orbi RBE971 router interface as well as from Orbi app in your phone.

Verify WiFi 7 From Orbi App

While setting up your mesh router you will probably see the list of Frequency band channels which includes 2.4GHz, 5Ghz, 6Ghz and an extra 5Ghz channel. You can verify and manage these channels easily from the app, follow these steps to find out the WiFi 7 channels in app and manage them:

1. Connect your phone with the Orbi network (mandatory) via WiFi using SSID credentials.
2. Now, navigate and open the Netgear Orbi app. Access the app from the MyNetgear account.
3. If you don’t have any Orbi or Netgear account then you can also use the admin username and password to login.
4. In the app dashboard, locate the Wireless settings in the menu options.
5. Select the Channels option and here you will see all WiFi 7 frequency bands.

From here, you can change the password of each band and select which will show on your Wi-Fi list in internet device.

One more way to check the WiFi 7 abilities is from the orbilogin web-based interface in your computer.

Verify WiFi 7 From Orbi Interface

The web-interface opens when your PC connects with the Orbi WiFi network. So, at first connect a PC with the Orbi network and then follow simple steps:

1. Go into the browser and enter the login URL orbilogin.net or IP address 192.168.1.1 in the address bar of the browser.
2. Search it by pressing the ENTER button. The Orbi web interface login page displays on the screen.
3. Enter the admin login credentials in the username and password fields and click LOGIN button.
4. If you haven’t changed the Orbi admin login details yet, then use the default admin credentials: admin (as username), and password (as password).
5. Get the access in the web-based interface and go into the Wireless Settings under the Settings.
6. Choose Frequency Channel, and you will see all WiFi 7 channels (2.4GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz, and extra 5GHz).

Here, you can change password, disable channels, and change WiFi username.

How to Change Orbi WiFi Password?

To change any channel password, go into the Orbi app in your phone or access the orbilogin.net or orbilogin.com in your computer. Select the Wireless Settings and choose any channel to change its password. Enter the new password and SAVE it. Now, you can use this new password to connect the WiFi network.

Summary

The Netgear Orbi RBE971 mesh WiFi router is a WiFi 7 tri band router which will construct a mesh WiFi network when connected to the Satellites. In this router, you will find 3 channel bands (2.4GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz) and an extra 5GHz frequency channel. Here from above post, we have explained how to verify WiFi 7 from Orbi RBE971 mesh WiFi router. If still can’t find any WiFi 7 technology, you can take help from our experts through the chat or Email.