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Best choice for >150' linear coverage
I am trying to pick the best Orbi kit for my application. Currently I am using an ASUS AC1900 router with a TP-Link RE-580D extender. The router is about 50' from the extender servicing a guest hous...
The satellites are not daisy chain comparable. Sorry that you may have gotten the wrong impression or wrong information from somewhere. All Orbi systems each satellite only talks to the "main Orbi router". There is no mesh or multi hop type thing with an Orbi system.
In your situation and with what you bought you would have to place the main Orbi router between the house and guest house and then a satellite in each property and see how much coverage that gives you.
In your situation and with what you bought you would have to place the main Orbi router between the house and guest house and then a satellite in each property and see how much coverage that gives you.
Yes I am aware that the satellites are not currently daisy chainable. The customer service rep I spoke with insisted that they will be through an upgrade in the near future. When I challenged her on this she didn't know a timeline only that it was in the works. I had read that somewhere else as well but it wasn't clear if that included the wall plug satellites.
The Asus AC1900 is working well covering the house from a corner location so I think the Orbi will work without a satellite for that. Though your suggestion would be optimal, I can't relocate it closer to the guest house.
There is a chance that new firmware will add the ability to connect the Orbi router and satellites using a wire. I've never heard any talk of adding the ability to daisy chain them, either wired or wirelessly. That would be interesting though.
For what you are doing a wireless bridge with directional antenna would be the best technical solution.