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Extend Orbi Outdoor signal for cameras
I have the Orbi RBR50 with the 2 indoor satellites plus one Orbi Outdoor satellite. The outdoor satellite is accessing the Orbi router directly. Sadly, our place is "blessed" with a whopping 18Mbps o...
First off WIFI 5G will not help you as it has a shorter distance disadvantage over 2.4G which offers coverage for farther distances. It appears you would have to get another outdoor Orbi to shorten the distance between satellites and the main router.
I have 100000 sq ft warehouses where 1 RBR50 is at one end, and RBS50 is at the other end and 1 RBS50 is in the middle. Coverage is fair but not good. Top WIFI speed is 140Mbps, but good enough since all the PCs are older and don't have GB cards installed. So this is why I'm thinking you need another Orbi.
Mstrbig wrote:
First off WIFI 5G will not help you as it has a shorter distance disadvantage over 2.4G which offers coverage for farther distances.
Maybe they mean 5G mobile rather than 5 GHz wifi.
5G technology is, indeed, designed to fill IoT gaps, but the wait might be long, especially if President Trumps gets his way.
michaelkenward wrote:
Mstrbig wrote:First off WIFI 5G will not help you as it has a shorter distance disadvantage over 2.4G which offers coverage for farther distances.
Maybe they mean 5G mobile rather than 5 GHz wifi.
5G technology is, indeed, designed to fill IoT gaps, but the wait might be long, especially if President Trumps gets his way.
I thought so too as well. But after thinking about it 5G Cellphone service 5G, the cameras would have to support directly connecting to the Cellphone carrier's 5G network or the same distance problem would still exist.
One other thing I thought of would be to change out the camera antennas with more powerful higher db gain antennas. If I remember correctly the standard antenna is less than 3db. Increasing to 9db should help. Terrain would come into play. The flatter the terrain between devices the better. They are not that expensive so it may be worth a try.