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Pistol1957's avatar
Pistol1957
Follower
Nov 14, 2016

Orbi Placement

Is is okay to place the Orbi & modem in an enclosed cabinet or closet?

Installation

3 Replies

  • peteytesting's avatar
    peteytesting
    Hero
    Nov 15, 2016
    Pistol1957 wrote:

    Is is okay to place the Orbi & modem in an enclosed cabinet or closet?

     

     

    its prob best not to as you may effect coverage and connectivity 

    • TomMac's avatar
      TomMac
      Guru
      Nov 15, 2016

      Any time you add more walls / materials between the main unit and the sat, you'll be cutting down on signal..

       

      That said...in my case a stick built home.... my sat is 40 ft away from the main and it did end up in a closet on a self ( wife didn't want it on her work desk ( happy wife, happy life ))

      Tests before and after showed no diiference with  transfer rates as I could tell.

  • fliparagon's avatar
    fliparagon
    Initiate
    Dec 15, 2016

    Agree with the previous posts about adding more walls/doors just degrades signal ....

     

    ... but I too also have the base router in a pantry in the garage and have noticed no degradation in signal either.