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Meet Orbi Outdoor - Better WiFi. Indoors and Out
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Now stay connected both in and around the home from the backyard to the front porch with the Orbi Outdoor – Orbi Model R...
Sounds like great addition to the Orbi family, but before I would even think of it, I want to see stabilty for the existing units.
I'll second that thought.
Man, I would have been all over this had the standard INDOOR system (base + 2 satelites) been working acceptably :-(
Also, for $329, they are pricing this at more than double what a REAL high quality outdoor AP (ie Ubiquiti) sells for.
So, unfortunately, to sum it up:
Double the price of tried-and-true options +
Still cant even stabilize the firmware for existing products
= no way in hell anyone should consider this.
Also, re-reading the specs (as I said- I really would like to like this- becuase I need it).
2500 sq feet coverage? Outdoors?
So that's, what, 28' or 30' range?
That might be OK indoors- but thats really NOT very much for an outdoor application.
I wonder if they just "winged-it" with those specs?
for comparison, the $150 ubiquity has arange of about 500'!
lowepg wrote:
Also, re-reading the specs (as I said- I really would like to like this- becuase I need it).
2500 sq feet coverage? Outdoors?
So that's, what, 28' or 30' range?
That might be OK indoors- but thats really NOT very much for an outdoor application.
I wonder if they just "winged-it" with those specs?
for comparison, the $150 ubiquity has arange of about 500'!
Thank you for all the feedback so far.
If you look at the disclaimer on the Orbi boxes, the Sq feet number refers to WiFi Connection speeds of <100mbs. You will definitely still get a WiFi signal outside of the 2500sq feet range but usually at a reduced bandwidth.
