I currently use an AC900 Nighthawk R7000 router and it covers my entire home quite well except for one issue. Outside on the patio it works well when the sliding glass doors are open, but when they are closed it's hit or miss and does not always work. I am guessing this has sometjhing to do with the sun film in the doors which I am also assuming may be a metallic film but don't know. Will the ORBI outdoor Range extender solve the problem? Or will I be running into the same issue when the patio sliding glass doors are closed?

Orbi out door RBSY models only work with Orbi systems. They won't connet to other NG routers.

interesting, the netgear website says it can connect to the Nighhawk R7000

Maybe we are talking about different devices. The Orbi RB50Y is what we think of as the "outdoor" unit. I looked at the product web page, and did not see a reference to connecting it to the Nighthawk line. https://www.netgear.com/orbi/rbs50y.aspx Is this the unit you are talking about?Can you send a link to the reference? Thanks

The unit I am referring to is here: https://www.netgear.com/orbi/rbs50y.aspx It claims that it can be connected to any router. My router is the Nighthawk AC1900 / R7000

Well it does say "any router". Might be worth a try. However I would recommend matching the wifi specs for the RBSY to a better wifi router. Something that has the same wifi specs so as you get the best performance between the wifi router and the RBSY. The R7000 would be limited by only two radios and - Band 1: 600Mbps - Band 2: 1300Mbps 5Ghz 11acThe RBSY supports 3 radios, 1 for backhaul.

Looking to buy The ORBI OUTDOOR Range Extender but will it work?

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 31, 2019
Orbi out door RBSY models only work with Orbi systems. They won't connet to other NG routers.
- RAE1973
  Aspirant
  Jul 31, 2019
  interesting, the netgear website says it can connect to the Nighhawk R7000
  - CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jul 31, 2019
    Maybe we are talking about different devices. The Orbi RB50Y is what we think of as the "outdoor" unit. I looked at the product web page, and did not see a reference to connecting it to the Nighthawk line. https://www.netgear.com/orbi/rbs50y.aspx
    
    Is this the unit you are talking about?
    Can you send a link to the reference?
    
    Thanks
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 01, 2019
Would need to see if NG would like to chime in on this.
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Looking to buy The ORBI OUTDOOR Range Extender but will it work?