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MiTn
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Jan 10, 2017

Orbi - adding Second Satellite

I am considering addinng a secon satellite, what are the watch outs if I do?

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  • Each satelitte connects to the router, the sats don't connect to each other (like they would in a mesh network), so what you need to do is try to place the router in a central place. 

     

    For example, this would not work well:

     

    R ----- S ---- S

     

    You need to do this:

     

    S ----- R ---- S

     

     

    Hope this  helps. Look at the pictures on page 11 and 12 to see what I'm talking about:

    http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK50/Orbi_UM_EN.pdf