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Orbi, roaming and sticky clients
Hi there, we would like to have overall wifi over two floors with reliable roaming, but dont't need incredible fast speed. Instead we hope to get rid of "sticky client" problems we had in the pas...
HansHansen wrote:
I read that all the Orbi satellites need a direct connection to the Orbi base station. Is this still true?
No. As delivered ("out of the box") Orbi has a "Daisy Chain" option (set by default) that allows a satellite to connect another satellite.
A description can be found here: https://kb.netgear.com/000048458/What-is-daisy-chain-and-how-does-it-work-with-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
The RBK50 I purchased, which consists of one RBR50 router and one RBS50 satellite had the Daisy Chain option checked by default. (Never mind that with only a single satellite, "Daisy Chain" is impossible. My guess is that making it the default ensures that customers who acquire more satellites find that they "just work".)
The very best performance is always with all satellites connected to the base unit with ethernet cables. However, the 5G backhaul is typically so much faster than the customer Internet service, that in practice there is no difference.