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max911turbo
Jan 28, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Orbi Satellite connect to another Satellite? Daisy Chain
I know Orbi Satellite cannot connect to another Satellite but router, however, isn't that you need to be able to do the daisy chain ( Mesh topology) to claim as the mesh system? Can anyone answer my ...
- Sep 15, 2017
If you download the latest version of the Orbi Bios and OrbiOS 2.0 You can now Daisy Chain. Give it a try and let us know how it worked for you. https://www.netgear.com/support/product/orbi.aspx
cue003
Jan 28, 2017Apprentice
The Orbi system isn't a mesh system. It is a star topology system at this point. Because it isn't mesh every satellite must connect back through the router and cannot daisy chain to other satellites for increased reach.
max911turbo
Jan 28, 2017NETGEAR Employee Retired
Yes that's what I thought so. Reason why I'm asking was because Orbi market itself as the mesh wifi system which is kind of misleading, so I thought they have different implementation but looks like they don't.