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Daisy chain mode not working
Bought an RBS50Y outdoor satellite to add to the RBK50 router and 3 RBS50 indoor satellites I already have. The outdoor satellite won't go into daisy chain mode, and the router status page shows the ...
MarkLOrbi wrote:
st_shaw wrote:
Orbi is not the right product for your application. Orbi is designed to provide blanket WiFi over a contiguous area, not to provide reliable data links between distant points. What you really need is pairs of wireless point-point links between buildings then a wired access point inside each building for client WiFi. Point-to-point links have directional antennas and are designed to maintain good throughput and a reliable connection. You could still use Orbi inside the main building where the Internet drop is. In theory, since you alread have them, you could wire a satellite to the point-to-point device at each building to provide client WiFi in that building, but I wouldn't recommend that if you didn't already have the sats.
I'm not trying to provide wifi inside the buildings, they are occupied by animals and tractors. The purpose of the wifi is to provide coverage for the wireless security cameras that are on the outside of and between the buildings. So it is a contiguous area that's covered by security cameras. The only place there are people are in the house where the router is.
Thanks. Slightly different application, but the technical limitations are still the same, so Orbi is still a poor fit. Orbi doesn't have directional antennas, so the sats and router cannot achieve a good stable link over the distances you're operating. You would still be better of with PTP links and an AP on each building close to the casmeras.
Good luck though.
st_shaw wrote:
Orbi is not the right product for your application. Orbi is designed to provide blanket WiFi over a contiguous area, not to provide reliable data links between distant points. What you really need is pairs of wireless point-point links between buildings then a wired access point inside each building for client WiFi. Point-to-point links have directional antennas and are designed to maintain good throughput and a reliable connection. You could still use Orbi inside the main building where the Internet drop is. In theory, since you alread have them, you could wire a satellite to the point-to-point device at each building to provide client WiFi in that building, but I wouldn't recommend that if you didn't already have the sats.
I'm not trying to provide wifi inside the buildings, they are occupied by animals and tractors. The purpose of the wifi is to provide coverage for the wireless security cameras that are on the outside of and between the buildings. So it is a contiguous area that's covered by security cameras. The only place there are people are in the house where the router is.
MarkLOrbi wrote:
st_shaw wrote:
Orbi is not the right product for your application. Orbi is designed to provide blanket WiFi over a contiguous area, not to provide reliable data links between distant points. What you really need is pairs of wireless point-point links between buildings then a wired access point inside each building for client WiFi. Point-to-point links have directional antennas and are designed to maintain good throughput and a reliable connection. You could still use Orbi inside the main building where the Internet drop is. In theory, since you alread have them, you could wire a satellite to the point-to-point device at each building to provide client WiFi in that building, but I wouldn't recommend that if you didn't already have the sats.
I'm not trying to provide wifi inside the buildings, they are occupied by animals and tractors. The purpose of the wifi is to provide coverage for the wireless security cameras that are on the outside of and between the buildings. So it is a contiguous area that's covered by security cameras. The only place there are people are in the house where the router is.
Thanks. Slightly different application, but the technical limitations are still the same, so Orbi is still a poor fit. Orbi doesn't have directional antennas, so the sats and router cannot achieve a good stable link over the distances you're operating. You would still be better of with PTP links and an AP on each building close to the casmeras.
Good luck though.
st_shaw wrote:
Thanks. Slightly different application, but the technical limitations are still the same, so Orbi is still a poor fit. Orbi doesn't have directional antennas, so the sats and router cannot achieve a good stable link over the distances you're operating. You would still be better of with PTP links and an AP on each building close to the casmeras.
Good luck though.
OK thanks, I may look into the PTP link solution, especially for the building that's so far away.
I think the main issue you have is that like Shaw said, you have a non linear chain working. You have one going in one direct and another going in another direction and this maybe not what Daisy Chain is supporting and causing problems. If you started at the router and put the satellites in a line, like a string of lights, then Daisy Chain would work and should work I believe in this configuration.
Look into getting a wired LAN cable out at the remote building and place a dedicated AP there. 150ft is kind of a stretch for Orbi.
MarkLOrbi wrote:
OK thanks, I may look into the PTP link solution, especially for the building that's so far away.
Depending on the geometry, and if your cameras support a wired connection, you might be able to use a point-to-multipoint setup. That would use an omni antenna at the main site, and directional links at each camera, pointed back at the main site. See this thread, especially post #12. The Rocket M5 is at the main site and the Nanostation M5s go at the remote sites. Each box is about $90.
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Video/Wireless-Connection-to-Video/td-p/2304714
