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Do all satellites link back to base?
Hi, if more than one satellite is used, does each one have to connect back to the base unit, or can one satellite daisy chain from another?
hi guys
the answer is that at the present time all sats connect back to the router only , they do not at this stage communicate between each other
so at this stage the orbi is star topology
i believe it may be planned to run the orbi and its sat's in a true mesh type topology in the furure but not at this present time
this is usually not an issue if you can place the orbi router between the sat's as in
sat ------ router ------sat
pete
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Hello Axelrider!
Thank you for your question and welcome to the community!
At this time, the Orbi kit only includes the Router and one (1) satellite. Orbi WiFi System can support up to three (3) satellites. Additional satellites will be available for purchase in due course. I encourage you to submit this idea on our Home Networking Ideas Exchange forum and vote for this idea. The more votes, the more likely the feature will get implemented.
We would love to hear any additional feedback you have about Orbi and how you like it!
Best Regards,
ChristineT
Hi ChristineT,
Thanks for the reply, however it didn't really answer the question. Please let me know if using more that one sattelite does satellite 2 or 3 connect to the base unit, or can they be "daisy changed" to extend range.
Thanks
I would also like to know the answer to this question. In my configuration the main router is at the edge of the house and the 1st satellite is about 50' towards the middle. If I add another satellite it will be about 50' further out from the 1st satellite so communication back to the router will have to hop though the 1st satellite or work at more than 100’ from the router.
Sat --- base --- Sat or can this be used now as
base --- Sat--- SatWhen the Orbi product was released in 2016 "Daisy Chain" connection of satellites was not supported. That feature was implemented YEARS ago.
(sometimes message threads from seven years ago are not longer useful.)
