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Nyirishman1877
May 25, 2017Aspirant
Orbi WiFi System
I would like to know if the satelite needs to be hard wired to a device to receive singal or will it just send the wifi signal with just being plugged in and wireless linked to the orbi mother router...
- Jun 05, 2017
hi
the router must be in the middle of the two sats as the orbi currently only works in a star topology
so would have to be
sat -----------router ----------- sat
pete
Nyirishman1877
Jun 05, 2017Aspirant
So I guess one router and one satellite would be good enough for me then. No need to worry about where router goes then. But would be slot better then a nighhawk router and nighthawk extender
- peteytestingJun 05, 2017Hero
indeed the orbi router and sat is far better than a r7000 wifi coverage wise
- Nyirishman1877Jun 14, 2017Aspirant
I understand that there is a light and glow on top of the sat and router can that light be turned off or does it always stay on
- peteytestingJun 14, 2017Hero
omce started up and everything is working as it should the lights go out and only light up if omething is wrong