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Help with Orbi Model selection
Hello, I am looking into buying Orbi but I wish to buy the right model that will best cover my home size and structure. I tried to find a kind of product selector, but wasn't able. How can I select ...
Yes you could get the RBK50 and add more Satellites later I believe.
Just FYI. I have the AC2200 system with 1 Satellite in a 5000sq ft home. Working great for me.
Still I have my doubts...
My home is made of two floors:
First floor is a rectangle of about 1120 square foot and the current AP, which is connect to the ISP – hence it is the source for home's internet, and it is located at one edge of the rectangle.
The second floor is about 430 square foot and located on the far side from the first floor rectangle, hence it is the farmost possible from the AP.
I wish to best speed so I thought about RBK50, but it has only two devices - the router base AP and one sattelite, that I can place less or more below the 2nd floor room - so I'm not sure it will give enough coverage.
On the other hand, the RBK33 is less speedy but has the same official coverage but with 3 devices - the router-ap and 2 sattelite. Also, as far as I can tell - the RBK33 settelites doesn't have any wire socket hence they are only wireless.
The prices of both at Amazon are almost the same, so price is not the issue here - what would you recommend in my case?