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ORBI RBR50, FIOS & XBOX not working in basement
Does anyone know why my son's XBOX One experiences major difficulty with downloading and connecting in our basement? We have the ORBI RBR50 router and Verizon Fios. We ended up moving all of his gami...
Have you considered using Powerline adpaters to provide a wired backhaul to the basement? If you go down this route get the pass-through type i.e. those with an in-built plug socket as they're better at filtering mains noise. I use the Devolo dLAN 1200 adpaters for precisely this.
AC641 wrote:
Have you considered using Powerline adpaters to provide a wired backhaul to the basement?
Great idea. You can even buy Powerline kit with an access point as a part of the bundle.
For example:
PLW1000 | Powerline | Networking | Home | NETGEAR
We used a plug-in (i.e. to the wall outlet) extender but it didn't work. Not sure what the manufacturer or model # was...