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adding outside
Good Morning I have an Orbi RBK 53S. I would like to add an outside satellite. I think the AC 3000 is the correct one. My question is what is the range? Does it need power? If I have a house with a ...
Correction: I had stated that Netgear does not have a wireless bridge product -WRONG.
Here is it: https://www.netgear.com/business/products/wireless/wireless-airbridge/wbc502.aspx
At $240 for a pair, it is considerably more costly than other bridge products, and there was a post today remarking on how in addition to the product, the user had to purchase activation codes.
Anyway, I am allowed five mistakes every single day, and this was one of them. Sorry.
Thank you for your. Slow to thank you. Hard to get the internet! I think I will order the Ubiquiti nanostation that you recommended. Hope I can figure out how to install. This getting old and technically in the last century makes it difficult to read and understand the directions!
Thanks for all the help
Pam
There are some really nice YouTube videos showing unboxing and setting up the Nanostation. I think probably the hardest part is "aiming" them. They are designed to connect 10-15km away, so the "beam angle" is pretty narrow. If they are not pointing directly at one another, they won't link. I think the concept is to get them "pretty close" by eyeball and then use an app to "fine tune" them. (One of the older models had a row of LED's that would show the signal strength.)
Good Luck!
WBC502 pair at $240 comes with 1 year of Premium Insight subscription for the two devices.
If you do not want Insight, you can buy 2 single WBC502. We have got some very good end customer feedbacks on WBC502 so far.
It is a great alternative for nanostation.
With Insight, you can manage WBC502 and OrbiPro* in one management plane