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Looking to buy The ORBI OUTDOOR Range Extender but will it work?
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 a...
"The way to go" is not necessarily an Orbi outdoor rated unit. Since you already own and are happy with the Nighthawk R7000, it is probably worth a few minutes investigating a Nighthawk range extender. My brief search did not turn up one rated for outdoors, but there are a bunch of extenders that could be located indoors against the wall nearest the patio.
There is also an active R7000 user forum. Someone there might have addressed this exact problem.
Theres an EX7000 that would match up to the R7000. However all EX extenders are all indoor use only.