Orbi cross floor penetration

What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.

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3LevelTerrace wrote:

Hi All,

 

I recently moved into a three level terrace apartment with a bedroom and study on the bottom floor, and the living room, dining room and kitchen (open plan) on the middle floor (see the rough floor plan attached). I currently have an ASUS DSL-AC68U wireless router set up in the study at the base of the stairs. In the living room at the top of the stairs the wifi connectivity is ok but signal strength fluctuates (not sure why) - it can go from four bars to two very suddenly. The wifi signal completely drops out by the time you get to the kitchen at the other end of that middle floor (which as you can see from the plan, is directly above the study, so clearly the router signal isn't penetrating through the floor).

 

My friend recommended getting an Orbi, however as there is no way to set up a satellite on the staircase (no power points), the first place the satellite could be set up is in the living room - i.e. the place where wifi signal strength currently fluctuates.  My question is, does the Orbi have better backhaul range/floor penetration than my current router such that connectivity between the two Orbi stations will be stronger and more reliable than the signal is now between the router and devices in these two spots?  I know Orbi supposed to work between floors, but so is our router, which clearly isn't happening in this house. Most Orbi range-related questions refer to adding satellites to increase range, as opposed to answering whether the units themselves having better backhaul range, so wondering whether anyone here can help?

 

Thanks!

Really, really rough floor plan

 

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