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de8212
Aspirant
Jul 20, 2018

Anyone have a RBK23?

I am looking for a Mesh solution for a new house.  I saw the RBK23 model and am intersted in it.  The house is three floors but the top floor is just a bonus room.  So, I would place one unit on each floor.  House is ~3,000 sq. ft.

I like that the RBK23 is compact also.  

Anyone use them?  

Any chance i will get some signal in the garage and even to the backyard?  

 

THanks for any help.  

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    • de8212's avatar
      de8212
      Aspirant
      Jul 20, 2018

      Thanks  FURRYe38

       

      I have looked over the specs and this one exceeds what I need as far as my house.  SO, I was hoping that signal would carry at least a little bit to the garage and back yard.  And it's in my budget.  

       

      Can you tell me if I would get better signal strenght (or any other advatage) by connecting each satellite with cat 5 instead of just wireless?  Would a switch (a tp link metal 8 port, not a managed switch) cause any issues with this setup?  I would most likely have the modem going into the main Orbi and then a cat5 going out of the orbi going into a switch.  Then two ports of the switch would go into separate rooms on separate floors into another switch and then into the satellites.

       

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jul 20, 2018

    Depends on the distance from the router or satellite out to your garage. I got great singal from my friends RBK50 system at his house after I got it setup. I left that day and got in my car which was at least 30 feet from the house. I had full signal and internet access with my phone sitting in the car. Not sure if the 23 series has the same power though...

     

    I prefer wired anything over wireless if there is a possibity of using it. Yes, use of non managed switches should not effect the Orbi. I have several connected with mine and two in between my router and 1 satellite. Zero issues.

     

    • de8212's avatar
      de8212
      Aspirant
      Jul 20, 2018

      Thanks again for all the help.

      The main unit will be in a closet not far inside the front door.  And it sorta backs up to the garage.  So, really close, but I hate that it has to be in a closet.

       

      As far as the back yard goes, that's a bit further but I'm also hoping the satellite on the second floor will be close"ish" to the back side of the house. 

       

      Worse case scenrio is I will eventually buy one of the outdoor units.  But that will not be connected via cat5.  

       

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Jul 21, 2018

        You have to try it out and see if it works for you. Keep us posted on how it goes...