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MESH currenty or on roadmap
Hi all, Currently I am delaying my purchase due to the Orbi not being a MESH system, but a 'star' system. Since I am not able to place the router in the middle of my home, but I am convinced Orbi...
WouterNLD wrote:
What I understand is that a true MESH within the Orbi system is not available nor confirmed, but requested.Correct, but in most homes the star topology we use will give a better outcome than using mesh.
One Orbi router with one Orbi satellite can cover a very large area in most homes with high performance dedicated backhaul between the router and satellite.
We can't comment on what we may/may not have planned, but customer feedback (e.g. via the Idea Exchange) is important to us in helping us to decide where to focus our efforts.We have already added some popular requested features such as guest wi-fi.
Thanks all for the clarification. What I understand is that a true MESH within the Orbi system is not available nor confirmed, but requested. I've voted for it in the other post.
My home is completely build up by brick, with thick walls. It's around 300 m2 and has two stories. The router is positioned at the front hence causing the loss of connection at the other end of the house.
My home is completely build up by brick, with thick walls. It's around 300 m2 and has two stories. The router is positioned at the front hence causing the loss of connection at the other end of the house.
WouterNLD wrote:
What I understand is that a true MESH within the Orbi system is not available nor confirmed, but requested.
Correct, but in most homes the star topology we use will give a better outcome than using mesh.
One Orbi router with one Orbi satellite can cover a very large area in most homes with high performance dedicated backhaul between the router and satellite.
We can't comment on what we may/may not have planned, but customer feedback (e.g. via the Idea Exchange) is important to us in helping us to decide where to focus our efforts.
We have already added some popular requested features such as guest wi-fi.
Thanks! I much appreciate an involved answer. I'm curious to the performance and I therefore just purchased an Orbi with satellite.
for this with faster then 100 mb download we need the 5G band to get full speed. The most I ever get on 2.4G is 100 mb I ha e 300 mb download and get that on my Orbi but placement is a pain when it drops to 2.4 G I lose speed. This means we need closer placement. The option to turn 2.4G off on one might help. Right now I have main router on first floor back corner, satalite on 3rd floor. 2nd floor 2.4G over laps poor preformance but when in 5G is is fine. I also bounce back and fourth from main router to Satalite. The only way to
avoid that was placeing the Satalite in the bedroom closet on the floor on 3rd floor. That placement was ideal kept me connected to Satalite on 3rd floor on 5G while on 2nd. I decided instead to put Satalite next te my TV so I could wire my Android box, the wifi on that sucks, no fault of the Orbi. Anyway in that placement 2nd floor bounces between 2.4G to 5G from Satalite to router.
I am very happy with the Orbi over all, it increased my speed a lot. I am just emphasizing how important placement is and the give and take it envolves.