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Orbi router & satellite (RBK50) plus nighthawk X8 plus nighthawk extender ac1900
Good morning all- I’m currently using an orbi RBK50 system. The base station is in my office (upstairs), and the satellite is also upstairs in our game room. I have a PS4 and a few other devices wi...
Swiedeback wrote:
A second question. I’ve got a smartthings system linked in to the main orbi router, and when I’m done building it out, I’ll have 75+ zigbee & Z-wave devices linked in to it.
Is there any advantage to setting up a separate SSID exclusively for that system?
So there is some kind of controller for these IoT - where none does connect direct to WiFi. Shouldn't a controller for tis automation system be connected by Ethernet? And then, don't you expect being able to reach that contoller from other systems on your (W)LAN?
The smartthings hub (via a dongle that links to an nvidia shield) is directly wired to the Ethernet. In short, it goes ST dongle —-> nvidia shield —-> Ethernet wired to orbi base unit. I’ve got a switch for other stuff, but I believe that one is Ethernet wired directly into the orbi base unit.
I believe ST talks independently to the individual IOT devices from the Wi-Fi (via either zigbee or z-wave).
I just didn’t know if there was any advantage to putting the Smartthings system on its own SSID. Right now with the two orbi units I’ve got a single combined SSID. I don’t think that the ST setup draws enough bandwidth to mess with the other devices on the combined orbi SSID, but I thought I’d ask if anyone has more experience with that in this area.
I believe ST talks independently to the individual IOT devices from the Wi-Fi (via either zigbee or z-wave).
I just didn’t know if there was any advantage to putting the Smartthings system on its own SSID. Right now with the two orbi units I’ve got a single combined SSID. I don’t think that the ST setup draws enough bandwidth to mess with the other devices on the combined orbi SSID, but I thought I’d ask if anyone has more experience with that in this area.
The advantage with a single SSID is simplicity. Multiple SSIDs still share the same chan/band and will only hurt performance, which you will not notice it in normal use, but only when your wireless game/gig starts acting up. If you can offload them to a separate AP, that would be best.
