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Anonymous
Feb 01, 2022Orbi mesh satellite that allow plug in peripheral (my solar inverter)
I have an Orbi mesh system at my house (RBR50 is my router, and i have plut in satellites RBW30). I have a solar system that is getting installed, and the inverter is to be hard wired (CAT5 conne...
CrimpOn
Feb 01, 2022Guru - Experienced User
wrote:
The RBW30 doesn't accomodate a CAT5 peripheral to be plugged in. Other than buying an RBS50 satellite, are there any options you can suggest? The installer is telling me they'll use a TP-Link extender, but i'd rather have something that suits the mesh network rather than extender which may cut overall system speed.
The installer has a good solution. The solar system will have practically zero bandwidth needs and will connect to the 2.4G WiFi signal from the TP-Link extender. This setup will have no effect on the WiFi system performance at all.
Anonymous
Feb 01, 2022Thanks!! Greatly appreciated