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Orbi outdoor satellite range versus indoor satellite range
Hi, I have a large property and I am trying to get wifi from my house out to my barn and up to my pond. I have my router in the house and 1 satellite in the pond pumphouse and 1 in the barn. My cov...
jfishburne wrote:
I have been chatting with Net Gear's Orbi support. For me they recommended that I use the outdoor rated satellite in the middle (I happen to have power in a central location) and use it as a daisy-chain between my router and my farthest satellite which is about 650 feet from my router. I was getting 1 bar of coverage between my router and that farthest satellite and they said this should fix it. I hope that helps.
I looked at your diagram. If I were you I would just go move satellite 2 to the "possible" location temporarily, and see if it improves satellite 3 (or vice versa). That should give you a clue whether it will work before you buy anything.
One issue with daisy-chaining is that the user cannot control it. The system will decide whether to daisy-chain or go direct to the router, and you can't set it one way or the other. By doing the above, you can also see if the system is stable.
Cat5/6 are around 165 feet. CAT6A could go up to 330' feet. Still leaves 70'+ to deal with. :smileyfrustrated:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
Not sure where your getting 165' for cat5/6, but that is just wrong.
1000BASE-T (also known as IEEE 802.3ab) is a standard for Gigabit Ethernet over copper wiring.
Each 1000BASE-T network segment is recommended to be a maximum length of 100 meters (330 feet) (however, the length is not a pass/fail criterion as testing the conformance to EN 50173 series standards), and must use Category 5 cable or better (including Cat 5e and Cat 6).