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Best extender to get and how hard to install?
Hello - I'm not an IT specialist, so forgive me if I'm not using exact language here.... I have an ORBI router RBR50 and a satellite (if that's what it's called) RBS50. We have a Comcast modem which...
Thank you for your response - i really appreciate it. I am thinking that it will be too complex for me to do anything but get a simple extender to reach the far side of the garage and hopefully not recognize the 5GHz frequency. If I play with all the Orbi settings to separate the two bands, I know something else will break - printers, thermostat, whatever and then I'll really be stuck because I just don't have the expertise (or patience) to fix it.
I just need a single band for this irrigation controller that has a stable, strong connection.
The irrigation company (Rachio) told me what the first person who responded to my post said, basically that any brand of "extender" (Netgear, TP-Link, D-Link, etc.) can connect to the Orbi WiFi and create new WiFi networks with different names for 2.4G and 5G that can be used to connect the landscape irrigation...The irrigation controller just needs a single band (either one) and a stable connection. Right now it drops during the day and reconnects at night - I'm guessing when we use less internet at night the signal gets stronger.)
I did read your post about a double NAT setup that might mess this all up and I might have that but I don't think I can troubleshoot that (I have a comcast modem that runs our phone and internet, then Orbi, then new extender, then irrigation controller). We have a 3500 sq ft two story house with the Orbi router downstairs next to the Comcast router in the center of the house (and the other Orbi directly upstairs) and then I'd have this new extender in the garage and then the irrigation controller there (that would be the only thing connected to the extender/new named wifi network). The garage controller is about 57 feet (walking) from the Orbi downstairs.
It seems that the Orbi will not naturally separate the 2.4 and 5.0 bands, so I guess I have to plug the extender in a place where it doesn't recognize the 5.0 but does the 2.4. Wish it weren't so complicated!
Anyway if you have any other thoughts, ideas, I'd welcome them! Thank you again.
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frustrateduser5 wrote:The irrigation company (Rachio) told me what the first person who responded to my post said, basically that any brand of "extender" (Netgear, TP-Link, D-Link, etc.) can connect to the Orbi WiFi and create new WiFi networks with different names for 2.4G and 5G that can be used to connect the landscape irrigation...The irrigation controller just needs a single band (either one) and a stable connection. Right now it drops during the day and reconnects at night - I'm guessing when we use less internet at night the signal gets stronger.)
It seems that the Orbi will not naturally separate the 2.4 and 5.0 bands, so I guess I have to plug the extender in a place where it doesn't recognize the 5.0 but does the 2.4. Wish it weren't so complicated!
The Rachio support person gave good advice. Purchase whatever "WiFi extender" is available and locate it where it will provide a good signal to the Rachio controller. Irrigation controllers consume practically no data, so a 2.4G only extender will be fine. Amazon sells many (many) WiFi extenders. I would tend to stick with one of the major brands. A TP-Link N300 would be fine. https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AC1750-inteligente-enrutadores-inal%C3%A1mbricos/dp/B0195Y0A42/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=wifi+extender&qid=1593667287&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011%2Cp_89%3ANETGEAR%7CTP-Link&rnid=2528832011&rps=1&sr=8-4
Thank you so much.