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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 hou...
- 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.
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.- My R7000 can not touch the back corners of the house. Either direction, it has to penetrate a bathroom and/or utility room. My house is much longer than it is deep. if I have the plugin Orbi on either end and a smaller Orbi router, maybe it would be good. I would have 30-40 feet distance between each satellite and main router. The two satellites would be 100 feet apart.
I also want my full speed internet in those back corners, so just having a signal is not good enough.
I could put the Orbi more centered since I have Ethernet in our living room area. I will try my router in that location. That will give me more information to figure it out. Maybe a more powerful router is a better option.