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Orbi RBK53
#1 The signal strength is strangly lower in some places than others around the base router. Just on the other side of my home office wall, the signal drops to 50%? Does this have anything to do with...
wes1414 wrote:
#1 The signal strength is strangly lower in some places than others around the base router.
That's Wi-Fi. How are you measuring signal strength, for 2.4G and 5G? How big is this house that an Orbi and two satellites do not provide adequate service?
wes1414 wrote:
#2 ...Can i add the nighthawk to an ethernet port elsewhere the signal sucks and configure it as an access point?
Yes, of course you can add the Nighthawk as an Access Point. (I have done so.) HOWEVER, please understand that ONLY Orbi satellites create a "seamless mesh" Wi-Fi network. Devices will not "hand off" between the Orbi and Nighthawk. (It doesn't matter to me because I put the Nighthawk in to provide Wi-Fi to some IP cameras that do not move. I even gave the Nighthawk a different SSID.)