NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
ORBI vs Nighthawk
I had chatted with a Netgear support person about our Nighthawk AC1900. I was hoping to extend our wifi signal to outlying areas in our yard and our barn that is about 200 feet from our router. I wa...
mandmonthegowrote:our yard and our barn that is about 200 feet from our router.
You want to look into a router that can accept 3rd party antenna for point to point -- the orbi is not a friend for distance and with the firmware the way it is youre climbing an uphill battle you can make it work though. With outdoor bridge point to point systems you then just plug it in the satalite as a backend.(*random product link just for refrence)
** I would honestly rent a ground trencher if you can and just run a shallow line underground with some pvc pipe -- it will be work but you wont have to worry about it. (guessing your barn isnt surrounded by concrete)