How far away can you place the Orbi Satellite?

Hello Markinportland

That really depends on the environment of your area I can not give you a exact number but our satellites do have a LED indicator that lets you know if you are to far away from the base for a good connection to help find how far away you can put the satellite.

DarrenM

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Markinportland wrote:

Hi Darren,

Thanks for the info. I still really need to know if there is a max distance that you can place the satellite? Has NetGear tested this?

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hi

although there is no way to tell exactly and every situation is different because of the enviornment and construction materials , i di some testing by starting out with the router and sat close and ran some speed tests by transferring a file from one to the other to get a base line max speed and connection

i then moved the sat back 5 meters at a time and tested again , once i got pas 10 meters and a few walls away the throughput across the 5 gig backbone was quite effected and the backbone actually changed to 2.4 gig instead which worked well but at a lower speed

if your garage is made is steel or clad in colorbond type naterial then forget it anyway

so i reacon about 40 to 50  feet apart or there abouts is about the max distance you would wantbefore they start to degrade in signal strength for the back bone

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have you considered powerline adapters to get the signal from the house to the garage

pete