Hello, Currently i have R8500 Nighthawk router. I stay in 3 floor town home. i want to add Orbi RBR50 Router ONLY ( without sattelites) as Access point to my main router and keep it on 3rd floor. will my setup work. is the router only worth in this setup ? i have wired connections to all my bedrooms. i want to place Orbi router in one of the bed room and connect it via ethernet. will i get full 1733 Mbps speed from router if any clients are connected to it ? i am getting router for cheap price.

Whats the sq ft of this town home? I have a 5000sq ft home and have on router and 1 satellite, 40 feet distance in between and works well. Great coverage, range and performance. You need at least 30 feet distance min in between the router and 1 satelllite to begin with. rinku2012 wrote: Hello, Currently i have R8500 Nighthawk router. I stay in 3 floor town home. i want to add Orbi RBR50 Router ONLY ( without sattelites) as Access point to my main router and keep it on 3rd floor. will my setup work. is the router only worth in this setup ? i have wired connections to all my bedrooms. i want to place Orbi router in one of the bed room and connect it via ethernet. will i get full 1733 Mbps speed from router if any clients are connected to it ? i am getting router for cheap price.

Townhome is 2000 SQFT. its 3 floored town home. as i mentioned in my first post i bougth only the router ( not the satellities).

IF you place the router on the middle floor centrally, you should be ok. If not, you may need to add one satellite if you notice some dead spots... Good Luck.

yes i already have my R8500 router on 2nd floor. Orbi Router will be placed on 3rd floor as Access point

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tsig
Luminary
Apr 25, 2018
should work just fine.
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 25, 2018
Whats the sq ft of this town home? I have a 5000sq ft home and have on router and 1 satellite, 40 feet distance in between and works well. Great coverage, range and performance.

You need at least 30 feet distance min in between the router and 1 satelllite to begin with.

rinku2012 wrote:

Hello,

Currently i have R8500 Nighthawk router. I stay in 3 floor town home. i want to add Orbi RBR50 Router ONLY ( without sattelites) as Access point to my main router and keep it on 3rd floor. will my setup work. is the router only worth in this setup ?

i have wired connections to all my bedrooms. i want to place Orbi router in one of the bed room and connect it via ethernet.

will i get full 1733 Mbps speed from router if any clients are connected to it ?

i am getting router for cheap price.
- rinku2012
  Tutor
  Apr 25, 2018
  Townhome is 2000 SQFT. its 3 floored town home. as i mentioned in my first post i bougth only the router ( not the satellities).
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 25, 2018
    IF you place the router on the middle floor centrally, you should be ok. If not, you may need to add one satellite if you notice some dead spots...
    
    Good Luck.
st_shaw
Master
Apr 25, 2018
rinku2012 wrote:

... i want to place Orbi router in one of the bed room and connect it via ethernet.

will i get full 1733 Mbps speed from router if any clients are connected to it ?

i am getting router for cheap price.

You will never get 1733 Mbps throughput from the router.

The Orbi operates at wireless sync speeds of 400 Mbps on 2.4 GHz and 866 Mbps on 5 GHz. This means the maximum wireless throughput you will ever see on client devices is ~240 Mbps on 2.4G and ~520 Mbps on 5G. Expect less than that under normal conditions.

As for wired performance... With v2.1.3.4 firmware Orbi's wired throughput in AP mode is limited to about 700 Mbps for data going through the router. Two wired clients connected to Orbi's switch can achieve 940 Mbps.

Note that the 1733 Mbps radio is dedicated for backhaul use only. This isn't available for client device connections and would be unused when using the router with no satellites.

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