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Best Satellite Add-ons?
I purchased the RBK50 (one router, one satellite) as it stated it should cover a 5,000 sq ft home. Mine's right at 4,500 (basement, main floor), and I have a few week spots.
I have a few optio...
I had a RBW30 wall plug sat with a RBK50 and it was hopeless - frequent disconnects. It was not a hardware fault because it persisted with two different wall plug sats (Netgear RMAed the first one). I replaced it with a RBS50 sat and it has been rock solid ever since.
It doesn’t make any sense - because you can buy kits that have the RBR50 router with 2 RBS30 wall plug sats (RBK52) and the RBW30 is supposed to work with the AC3000 router. But my experience suggests otherwise and I’m suspicious about mixing sat speeds on the same network.
I’d recommend sticking with AC3000 and get another RBS50 sat.
If speed's a must, you want your whole system to be AC3000. That means adding another RBS50 even if you don't need the built-in wired switch.
I had a RBW30 wall plug sat with a RBK50 and it was hopeless - frequent disconnects. It was not a hardware fault because it persisted with two different wall plug sats (Netgear RMAed the first one). I replaced it with a RBS50 sat and it has been rock solid ever since.
It doesn’t make any sense - because you can buy kits that have the RBR50 router with 2 RBS30 wall plug sats (RBK52) and the RBW30 is supposed to work with the AC3000 router. But my experience suggests otherwise and I’m suspicious about mixing sat speeds on the same network.
I’d recommend sticking with AC3000 and get another RBS50 sat.