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Design Hep for Orbi
I have a very long one story house and am currently using a router & range extender (see diagram on placement). The range extender does an OK job but does not reach out to cover my pool or external g...
Thanks for the responses. I attached a layout of my property but I guess it didn't take.
My house is 70' long by about 25' wide. The modem/router is in the front corner BR of the property at one end of the house. Inside construction is standard 2x4 & drywalls. The range extender is currently in the LR about mid-way lenghthwise from the router (so about 35' away?).
The pool and backyard garages are about 200-225' feet from the house (so add another 50' to get to the router diagonally).
This probably doesn't change anything so I think I will start with the base + 1 satellite and see how that goes. If it covers 5,000 sq ft it may just make it down to the pool anyway.
But one further question that is still not clear: if I were to add a second satellite at my backyard garage, does that talk to the router/base or the first satellite?
If you can place the Orbi base router more centrally in the main house, then you can probably place the satellite more closely to the Garage and pool areas for better coverage throughout. I think in my house, i have an extreme configuration 65 ft long with the base router at one end at about 48 feet and the one satellite at the far other end. My garage is same location at base router downstairs though here.
I believe any additional Satellites will connect to the base router for there connections. There maybe some connections between the Satellites however main connection will be with the base router.