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FrankdeBruin
Jun 03, 2017Star
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 b...
- Jun 05, 2017
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
DarrenM
Jun 05, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello FrankdeBruin
You could do this but it would create 2 networks if you are fine with that.
DarrenM