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Orbi RBK40 extending to garden room
Hi all. First post so thanks in advance for the help. I have had a Orbi RBK40 mesh for a few years. It's been brilliant. Like many others we're building a garden room and looking to get it con...
trickylad wrote:The garden room company have asked to have power and ethernet supplied to the pod underground. We're having some work done in the garden so that's not an issue.
My assumption is that all i need to do is buy an RBS50 satellite (better reccommendations welcome) and simply connect this to the ethernet connection in the garden room. I'll then be able to connect devices in the room via wifi using the same network as the main house. The other end of the ethernet connection will just link to the Orbi router inside.
The construstion company is making a good recommendation. Electrical supply is obvious (duh) and they are smart to recognize that in 2020 a customer will need ethernet (Cat6 suitable for underground burial in a PVC conduit). The conduit is (a) to protect the cable and (b) to allow you to pull it out and replace it later without digging up the property. Dropping in a 1" PVC conduit for data is a trivial expense compared to the electical.