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Orbi to improve coverage?
My house is 2650 square feet and is one level. My R7000 is about 1/3 back from the front of the house and 2/5 from the right of the house. I have a poor signal in the room at the right back of the house and the room at the left back of the house. I am thinking of using my R7000 without the Wi-Fi since it is the firewall for my network.
I am trying to determine which Orbi would work best. The Orbi router would need to be in the same room as my R7000. I am thinking that a satellite in each of the two end back rooms would take care of my needs.
Any thought? Which models? My internet speed is 200 Mbps, but I plan to up it to 400 Mbps.
I am trying to determine which Orbi would work best. The Orbi router would need to be in the same room as my R7000. I am thinking that a satellite in each of the two end back rooms would take care of my needs.
Any thought? Which models? My internet speed is 200 Mbps, but I plan to up it to 400 Mbps.
- With the Orbi issues, I decided to try relocating my AC1900 Nighthawk to the other side of the office. This was great as it covers the whole house now. No need to get the Orbi in my opinion.
Thanks for all the help that was provided.
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I have the AC2200 Orbi system. Orbi router and 1 Satellie. I have a 5000sq ft house. It fully covers the house hold and a fair wide area outside. Operation, Range and Performance is stellar. 200/10 ISP service plan.
mwhalswrote:
My house is 2650 square feet and is one level. My R7000 is about 1/3 back from the front of the house and 2/5 from the right of the house. I have a poor signal in the room at the right back of the house and the room at the left back of the house. I am thinking of using my R7000 without the Wi-Fi since it is the firewall for my network.
I am trying to determine which Orbi would work best. The Orbi router would need to be in the same room as my R7000. I am thinking that a satellite in each of the two end back rooms would take care of my needs.
Any thought? Which models? My internet speed is 200 Mbps, but I plan to up it to 400 Mbps.- The AC2200 can be the RBK30, RBK40, or RBK43 that cover 3,500 / 4,000 / 6,000 square feet, respectively. With an Orbi needing to be in the front half of the house and about 40% across, I am not sure if It needs two satellites on the back wall of the house on either end.
Well I have my Main base at the far end of a 60 foot expance and 1 Satellite at the far end of the house. Total distance between them is about 45-50 feet approx. Ya, placement is key. However with the Orbi router and 1 Satellite (RBK30) in use, you have some room to put the router not as close to center in the house and use the Satellite at the remote location to help make the coverage better. I guess a good balance with placement will be needed. Size of your house may not require a Sateliite. My orignal house was 2200 sq ft. IF I kept the main host router centrally located in the house, wireless range was complete throughout the house. So maybe in your case, just the Orbi router will all that will be needed.
mwhalswrote:
The AC2200 can be the RBK30, RBK40, or RBK43 that cover 3,500 / 4,000 / 6,000 square feet, respectively. With an Orbi needing to be in the front half of the house and about 40% across, I am not sure if It needs two satellites on the back wall of the house on either end.
Another thing to consider is you don't want to put the satellite(s) in areas of poor reception. They need to be within the area of good connection so they can boost that over to the the poor areas. So if you put the Orbi router in the room where the R7000 is, you would want to have the satellite somewhere between the router and where you are not getting good reception. Ideally you want the satellite at the edge of the router's good reception area. Think overlapping circles.
Enjoy.
