Orbi RBS40V satellite ($116+tax shipped)

NETGEAR® Orbi™ Voice Smart Speaker and WiFi Mesh Extender with Amazon Alexa™ Built-in (RBS40V-200)

WiFi Extender that Works with any WiFi ac router — Let your WiFi reach every corner of your home. Patented tri-band mesh technology creates additional WiFi coverage and seamless roaming to more places in your home.

Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa Built-in — Ask Alexa to play music, set alarms, control smart home devices, check weather, and more. Enjoy all helpful Amazon Alexa skills. A separate Amazon Echo device not required.

Performance with Style — Perfectly sized smart speaker to display on your bookshelf, console table or counter. Listen to your favorite music and podcasts in any room, without missing a beat.

Exceptionally Rich, Room-filling Sound — Audio by Harman Kardon® gives you an impactful sound for a truly captivating listening experience

One WiFi Name & Smart Roaming — Enjoy the convenience of a single WiFi name with seamless connectivity for your whole home. Move from room to room without a signal drop.

Works with your WiFi — Extends any router's WiFi but works best with an Orbi Mesh WiFi System.

FYI this is a AC2200 so if you use a RBK50 which is an AC3000 system or above this extender will slow your current system down to AC2200.

Quote from Chewie9 : FYI this is a AC2200 so if you use a RBK50 which is an AC3000 system or above this extender will slow your current system down to AC2200.

agreed, if you use the wireless backhaul (2x2 vs. 4x4 configurations). But from what i read if you use a wired backhaul, which is the way i have it set up, that won't matter much.

Quote from Chewie9 : FYI this is a AC2200 so if you use a RBK50 which is an AC3000 system or above this extender will slow your current system down to AC2200.

Would that slow down be for the whole system or just for this extender?

Quote from jgorniak : Would that slow down be for the whole system or just for this extender?

The whole system unfortunately.

Quote from index : agreed, if you use the wireless backhaul (2x2 vs. 4x4 configurations). But from what i read if you use a wired backhaul, which is the way i have it set up, that won't matter much.

RBK50 is 400/866/1733 (2.4GHz/5GHz/Backhaul 4x4). This one is 400/867/867 (2.4GHz/5GHz/Backhaul 2x2). So, if you wire them, you won't see any slowdown. If they are wireless, then, I'm not sure how much of a slowdown you will notice because that backhaul speed is still fast enough.

Was there an update? Or a different configuration (ie, RBR40 router vs RBR50)? I know there's According to this, it performs at AC3000.
https://kb.netgear.com/000038220/...Fi-Systems