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Can I connect two Orbi meshes with a wired link to form one big network?
I have a house with four floors, the internet connection comes in at the bottom floor. I have a wire going to the top-but-one floor. I was thinking to have a satellite on each floor but going from bottom to top this would mean three hops?
To avoid that I am considering two base with one satellite each and connect the bases through the local network to forrm big network. Would this be feasible?
Frank
FrankdeBruin wrote:
I have a house with four floors, the internet connection comes in at the bottom floor. I have a wire going to the top-but-one floor. I was thinking to have a satellite on each floor but going from bottom to top this would mean three hops?
To avoid that I am considering two base with one satellite each and connect the bases through the local network to forrm big network. Would this be feasible?
Frank
you could run it that way or just run a single orbi router on its own ( running as a router ) and connect the lead that run up to that other floor and connect the other orbi router ( in ap mode ) and the sats connecting to it
etherway you still have all devices being able to see each other and the roaming might work , wont be pretty but it would work
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Hello FrankdeBruin
You could do this but it would create 2 networks if you are fine with that.
DarrenM
FrankdeBruin wrote:
I have a house with four floors, the internet connection comes in at the bottom floor. I have a wire going to the top-but-one floor. I was thinking to have a satellite on each floor but going from bottom to top this would mean three hops?
To avoid that I am considering two base with one satellite each and connect the bases through the local network to forrm big network. Would this be feasible?
Frank
you could run it that way or just run a single orbi router on its own ( running as a router ) and connect the lead that run up to that other floor and connect the other orbi router ( in ap mode ) and the sats connecting to it
etherway you still have all devices being able to see each other and the roaming might work , wont be pretty but it would work
I am not sure how this reply became marked as the solution to my problem: it is uses the orbi as a normal router, an approach that just adds cost especially given that the one advantage I could see, transparant roaming, "might" work. I will give it a miss.
I've done some further researching and looks like the Linksys Velop system does provide a wired backhaul. I am going to explore that route further.
Frank
as above , as its the only solutio n to your problem with the way the orbi currently works
the velop is still going to leave you with no transmission on one floor so in reality wont achieve any different result as the velop only comes in 3 units
You said, " I was thinking to have a satellite on each floor but going from bottom to top this would mean three hops?"
The Orbi is a star network with all satellites connecting directly to the base station. As such, your path will always be
Device -> Satellite -> Router -> Internet/LAN
or
Device -> Router -> Internet/LAN
