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TheGodFather
Nov 25, 2016Aspirant
Configuration Requirements
Hi, I was looking to buy an Orbi for the in-laws. However, I want to make sure that it would work as expected. I saw a forum (here in the Netgear community) that said all Satellites need to '...
- Nov 25, 2016
Your understanding of the router/satellite arrrangemnt is correct - each satellite talks to the router, not to another satellite.
For you second question, ethernet backhaul between router and satellite(s) is not currently an option.
Perhaps that will change someday, but I rather doubt it, since a dedicated (and very good!) wireless backhaul is Orbi's unique/standout feature, and it's what sets Orbi apart from any other wireless mesh-type system on the market today.
Cheers, Chris
TheGodFather
Nov 26, 2016Aspirant
Hi,
What I manage for them now is a combination of hardwired devices and well placed access points to other hardwired endpoints. However, consider that the well placed access points don't talk to each other. As such, they don't hand off to one another. So, unless there is a better way. My options are...
Manage them all seperately, A) make them all the same SSID and hope they place nice together and the device is good at self managing, B) make them different SSIDs, which usually plays nicer, but means I have to walk around a house and connect each device to each AP, which still means the device is self managing as it roams.
Realistically, this means I either over saturate the house with APs everywhere that don't really take each other AP into consideration, meaning handoff seems to be a problem, or I don't cover the house well enough, leaving dead spots, but it roams really well.
Maybe I am over thinking this process and there is an easier/simplier solution to make this work well, but this seems to be my challenge most of the time. They had an AP go bad, so I figured I would try to convert them to a better solution.
So, it would be a great feature to add. There doesn't seem to be a good quailty solution for this... well, unless of course I plan on spending a crap-ton of money for a Cisco solution, which of course, isn't feasible for a home. Even if they didn't add this feature, having the ability to talk over multiple Satellites would still help in this situation, although not perferable to me. I'd rather have the wired solution though, as there would be better performance over connecting to a single AP, that connects me back to wired, versus having mutiple wireless hops to make.
peteytesting
Nov 26, 2016Hero
TheGodFather wrote:Hi,
What I manage for them now is a combination of hardwired devices and well placed access points to other hardwired endpoints. However, consider that the well placed access points don't talk to each other. As such, they don't hand off to one another. So, unless there is a better way. My options are...
Manage them all seperately, A) make them all the same SSID and hope they place nice together and the device is good at self managing, B) make them different SSIDs, which usually plays nicer, but means I have to walk around a house and connect each device to each AP, which still means the device is self managing as it roams.
even the orbi disconnects clients when roaming between router and sat's etc , the roaming is also still dependent on the client and how "sticky" it is
you would prob be far better in looking at an access point solution that works on the zero hanoff model that ubiquiti uses with their unifi series as an example
this way the clients never disconnect and roam between ap's without issue