Orbi Mesh system question - need another satellite ?

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I live in a 3 story home.&nbsp; The main two levels is around 2100Sq feet.&nbsp; The basement (finished area) is about 425sq feet.&nbsp; I set up the RBR50 on the main level at one end of the house (that is where my modem is).&nbsp; I put the satillte (RBS50) on the 2nd floor, opposit side of the house.&nbsp; Things are working well.&nbsp; What I've noticed is that it seems I sometimes lose connection in the baseement.&nbsp; &nbsp;The finished area of the basement is the opposit side from the Router (more than 30 ft).&nbsp; However, when I do a speed check I get great speed.&nbsp; &nbsp;If I were to get another RBS50 for the basement would that help?&nbsp; Or is this just something that happens?&nbsp; I don't want to spend money (these aren't cheep) if it really isn't going to help much.&nbsp;Thank you

plemans · Answer

Try testing it temporarily. Move the upstairs one down to the basement and see if the issues still happen. If they do, no it won't help. If it fixes them, then you might indeed benefit from another satellite.
Also, the RBS20, RBW30, RBS40, RBS40V, RBS50, RBS50Y are all compatible. You dont have to get just the RBS50.

mrm18 · Answer

Thanks for the suggestion.&nbsp; Will have to time the test right as my wife is working from home and her office is upstairs? :-)&nbsp;As to the other devices that are compatible, yes they aren't but aren't those slower?&nbsp; (the backhaul) those if I want speed I should stay with the 50?&nbsp; again thank you

plemans · Answer

They do have a slower backhaul. But it depends on what speeds you have and what you're doing. Its not going to slow the whole system, just the device connected to that satellite. Plus if you look at backhaul reviews, there wasn't a whole lot of drop off in speed.

https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/33125-wi-fi-system-roundup

So again, a lot depends on what you're doing and need for speed in the basement.

mrm18 · Answer

Thank you.&nbsp; I don't really understand all this stuff to be honest.&nbsp; I don't game, I do stream.&nbsp; So there can be two items streaming and a computer or two working at one time.&nbsp;&nbsp;My current speed in the basement is 147.24Mbps down and 10.22 Mbps up which the app sais is extremely fast.&nbsp; &nbsp; So given this, are all these satellites stil options? If so, is one a better option than the other or are they still all equal?Again thank you

plemans · Answer

any of the other satellites should be able to saturate that speed. The only one I haven't used is the RBS20 but they've all go the 866mbps backhaul (throughput 400mbps ish).&nbsp;Especially if you think about the fact that even 4k tv only needs a 20mbps to stream.&nbsp;

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