The router throughput (speed) of the communications is measured very near the router in an "open space" hallway. For our test, it was 8 feet away from the router in a hallway. For Mesh Routers ...

Here we get onto the real reason why most buyers will pick up the Netgear Orbi Wi-Fi 6E (RBKE963) system, performance. This system delivers 10.8Gbps, AXE11000 Wi-Fi 6E speeds (which, for the un ...

Its average download speed to my Wi-Fi 5 device was 289Mbps -- a good result, but not as good as I saw from the Orbi AXE11000 (292Mbps), the TP-Link W7200 (337Mbps) or the TP-Link Deco X90 (350Mbps).

In fact, it's difficult to see much of a speed difference between any of them -- and that includes previous-gen systems like the Deco W7200 and that ultra-fancy, $989 Netgear Orbi AXE11000 setup.