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PlatinumGoat
Mar 26, 2018Apprentice
Location of satellite
Hi Everyone, I purchased the Orbi RBK50 set recently and would like to seek your advice regarding the placement of the satellite. I live in a small 1,200 square feet apartment. My source of inter...
PlatinumGoat
Mar 27, 2018Apprentice
Hi, nkd
I said I could only achieve less than 50% of the ISP speed in bedroom 3. Seems that my device is still connected to bedroom 1 when I move to bedroom 3, hence the poorer performance. However, if I turn wifi off and on and connect to the satellite in the living room, I could achieve almost 100% of the ISP speed. I think the problem is, even with fast roaming, beamforming on, the satellite still fail to connect when my device is nearer to it. Same issue with Velop.
nkd
Mar 27, 2018Apprentice
OH, I was going by your original post where it says you were getting slightly less than full speed. May be I missed the 50% part lol..
You may want to place the satellite closer to room 3 to see how it does. I believe ORBIs have pretty good dedicated channel so they can handle the connection better.
- PlatinumGoatMar 27, 2018Apprentice
If I place the satellite nearer, it would crash the entire system! I tried. Thanks.