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Adding a third satelite
I have an RBR50 router and two satellites. One is an RBD50 and the other is an RB50. I am getting connection issues with one side of the house and want to add a third Satelite. Should I buy an RB50 or an RBS50?
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RBK50 should have RBS 50s in the kit believe.
At any rate, RBS50 would be best suited....
- Thank you for the reply. So what’s the difference between an RB50 and an RBS50 Satelite ?
Have you tried enabling Daisy Chain with your two satellites?
Gizmoguycdn wrote:
I have an RBR50 router and two satellites. One is an RBD50 and the other is an RB50. I am getting connection issues with one side of the house and want to add a third Satelite. Should I buy an RB50 or an RBS50?- Hi, how would I enable the two RBS50 to daisy chain? Though actually I don’t know if that would help as they are not close and there are some concrete walls separating them. I am interested to learn how to daisy chain in case I buy a third Satelite.
https://kb.netgear.com/000048458/What-is-daisy-chain-and-how-does-it-work-with-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
If you have some concrete in the middle, this will be a factor. Building materials can effect signals. Especially on 5Ghz.
May need to move them close to each other.
Any chance of running CAT6 buried LAN cableing between buildings?
- All are in the same house which has solid concrete walls. My router is in the living room , one Satelite is in the study room and the third is upstairs . It’s the one upstairs I have an occasional connectivity problem with. It is very difficult to run a cat5 from the main floor to the upstairs . So the only chances are either to add a third Satelite at the base of the stairs going to the upstairs which would manage to relay the router signal, or install a repeater . Not sure if I can program only the additional Satelite to daisy chain though?
- Hi Darren, I read the article. It does not tell me how to configure the Orbi satellites to daisy chain. Is it automatic or do I manually have to configure it either to be in star or a daisy chain topology?
The Daisy Chain feature is found on the main routers UI under Advanced tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings. It's just a check mark to enable the feature. No configuration on the satellite needed.
I'm not Darren. :smileywink:
Hi ,
Many thanbks for your reply. I have no idea where I saw "darren" and used it thinking it was your name, my apologies.
I just posted a related question on what to buy RBS50 or Nighhawk X4S rane extender to daisy chain to my satelite 2.
I replied there too.
