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Central internet Orbi placement?
My home is a 4000 sqft rectangle. My internet connection is in a loft above a great room in the middle of the rectangle... each end of the rectangle has a couple bedrooms. Q1: I’m not sure which sy...
I have a similar rectangle sized home. 5000sq ft. I have my Orbi router on 2nd story far end of house and 1 Satellite at opposite end of house. About 40 feet distance between them. Nothing in between them. Getting stallar, range, coverage and performances.
You can reduce the power of the radios, however you will need to move the Satellite(s) closer this this reduces the range on the Orbi Router.
Lylelovettwrote:
My home is a 4000 sqft rectangle. My internet connection is in a loft above a great room in the middle of the rectangle... each end of the rectangle has a couple bedrooms.
Q1: I’m not sure which system I should get in order to have coverage on both ends of the rectangle. Would I need the base unit and 2 satellites (one for each end of the house )?
Q2: Is the sheer coverage capability of each satellite overkill, or can I dial back the coverage in any way so I’m not blanketing the neighbors in each end? :)
Q3: any other insights would be helpful.