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Arlo and Orbi
I currrently have (5) Arlo cameras outside my house and they work good, although a couple of them have weak signal. I want to add 2 - 3 more cameras. If I get the Orbi system and place the satellit...
I only have the Pros and they only communicate with the base station. I think the regular Arlos you have only communicate with the base station as well. In that case, having Orbi won't help out since the cameras only talk to the base station. There are Wi-Fi Arlos, but I don't have any experience or knowledge with them, or how they would integrate into your current system.
But your home is ideal for Orbi and 2 satellites, since you can place the Orbi in the middle of the house. That is, if you need better Wi-Fi, and your house is big enough to need the Orbi and 2 satellites.
That's what I was afraid of, so here's another possible scenario.
I actually have (2) Arlo base stations, but only currently using (1) of them. All (5) of my cameras are sync'ed with the (1) base station.
I wonder if the following would work.
- Hard wire Orbi base on my modem in the middle of the house
- Position both Orbi satellites to either end of the house
- Hard wire both Arlo base stations to each Orbi satellites
- Sync (3) cameras to (1) base stations
- Sync other cameras to the other bse stations
I suppose if a system can work off (2) base stations, this scenario would work as both base stations would be much closer to the set of cameras they would be sync'ed with.
Makes sense?
Thanks again.