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Orbi Adding another Satellite
Hello Everyone I am new to this discussion board so forgive if i am repeating a question that might have already been answered. I purchased the Orbi set (AC3000) . I have a one bedroom in NYC wit...
All Satellites only talk with the Router directly. Star Topology, not Mesh.
If you have the cable modem and orbi router next to an exterior wall on one side of your home and your satellite like one wall over towards the center of the house, and the signal is crappy past the next wall heading away from the satellite, then adding another satellite won't help because it is not going to have a good signal from the router on the far end of the house to work with.
You say you have really thick walls. Can you put your cable modem/Orbi Router in the center of your house and then the satellite on one side of the house one or two walls away? If you can and that satellite still works well, then it would make sense to get another satellite to duplicate that effort for the other side of the house.
Hope that makes sense.
All Satellites only talk with the Router directly. Star Topology, not Mesh.
If you have the cable modem and orbi router next to an exterior wall on one side of your home and your satellite like one wall over towards the center of the house, and the signal is crappy past the next wall heading away from the satellite, then adding another satellite won't help because it is not going to have a good signal from the router on the far end of the house to work with.
You say you have really thick walls. Can you put your cable modem/Orbi Router in the center of your house and then the satellite on one side of the house one or two walls away? If you can and that satellite still works well, then it would make sense to get another satellite to duplicate that effort for the other side of the house.
Hope that makes sense.