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I am going to have two gig service lines into my house - can I set up two different orbi's with it?
I am going to have a gig fiber service from ATT installing next week, right now I have gig service from comcast. I have two because distance learning with the kids and working from home has double my...
Ok sounds good. Well one idea would be to use 1 Orbi system as the main wifi system for the home. Then for your 2nd line, I would use a single wifi router, nothing big, maybe a NG R series router and turn down the power output of the radios on this wifi router, use far appart channels on 2.4 and 5Ghz from the Orbis channels, Then use this one and other ISP line for your work needs only. No family members allowed online.
Ya, if ATT offers unlimted bandwidth, I would migrate to that maybe at somepoint. However if work is paying for this, then why not. :smileywink:
Cons:
Too much wifi signals for such a small home sq ft. Too much wifi noise will cause problems. You only need one and or that size of home, you only need just a wifi router, maybe 1 RBS. Orbi systems are quite powerful and have really good range. I have had one RBR and one RBS in a 5000 sq ft home basement and 2nd level and have stellar coverage on a 1Gb line. Have two people working from home on VPNs and two gamers. One system would be enough.
You might wanna try a Orbi AX system....
My problem isn't the coverage, it is the amount of data my family is using (we use about 2tb on comcast making my bills close to 200.00. But if I get two different services each with 1tb of data cap (att fiber and xfinity) I can save about 60.00 (70.00 each a month) I am trying to find a way to have two orbi's coexist without causing major issues...
I was hoping having two orbi's on different 2.4 and 5 ghz channels would suffice? I am thinking with no overlap in the frequencies it shoud work?
Thanks for your thoughts, I am trying to figure this out as I still need over 2 tb of data...
Since you seem to be having data plan problems rather than wifi, have you talked to someone at your ISP to see if there is a unlimited plan availalbe? Or even check in to a business plan instead of a home plan.
Seems like the ISP should be able to work with you based on your usages need to find something that you can use 1 line and provide unlimted usages. This would be probably better cost effective rather then having to buy two router systems and modems.
Please talk to someone in billing at your ISP and explain the situation and see if they can accomodate you.
Yes, unfortunately, Xfinity in my area has a 1.2 tb data cap and then 10.00 per every 50GB of data, needless to say, we reach this every month. I do lots of remote imaging and software installations for my work so unfortunately just me alone can go thru 1TB of data in a month... the kids and wife take the rest
If ATT fiber is truly unlimited as they say, I might just end the Xfinity plan and switch over. I am testing the fiber for a couple of months to see if truly unlimited first.
I think I might try the two systems and will report if doable (with different pairs of frequencies for the two bands) .... wish me luck!
BTW, my work is paying for the second connection and second set of wifi equipment... I just need to make sure it will work...
FURRYe38 wrote:Since you seem to be having data plan problems rather than wifi, have you talked to someone at your ISP to see if there is a unlimited plan availalbe? Or even check in to a business plan instead of a home plan.
Seems like the ISP should be able to work with you based on your usages need to find something that you can use 1 line and provide unlimted usages. This would be probably better cost effective rather then having to buy two router systems and modems.
Please talk to someone in billing at your ISP and explain the situation and see if they can accomodate you.