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Stuart07715
Aspirant
Apr 16, 2018

Netgear orbi RBR50

Please help I have brought an orbi system with 1 satellite and wish to extend the coverage to another part of the house which has very poor coverage, do I have to use another orbi product ie satellit...
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Streak2's avatar
Streak2
Master
Apr 16, 2018
I would first experiment with changing the location, if possible of the current setup to give you the coverage you need.
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    Stuart07715
    Aspirant
    Apr 16, 2018
    Thanks for your reply I have already tried this in a number of places, I need to get coverage to an anexxe which is built onto side of the house.
    Any suggestions?

    Thanks
    • tsig's avatar
      tsig
      Luminary
      Apr 16, 2018

      I had one of these before getting the Orbi and continue to use it and it works fine.

      • Streak2's avatar
        Streak2
        Master
        Apr 16, 2018

        You could look at wifi extenders but they need to be carefully placed to ensure a decent input signal.

        There are also the powerline extenders that work via the mains.

        Whatever you choose make sure that the vendor has a good return policy in case it does not work in your environment.

        Of course running an ethernet cable would be the most reliable but I guess you dont want to go wired!

         

    • tucsontico's avatar
      tucsontico
      Virtuoso
      Apr 17, 2018

      I use an Engenius ENS202 Outdoor WiFi AP/Bridge to cover the distance (25m) to my pool equipment. My ENS202 is in bridge mode and recieves a decent signal (-55 to -60dB) from the Orbi base on 2.4gHz. If you don't/can't run Cat5 cable to the annex, consider an AP our bridge solution.