Orbi with wireless bridge to an out building keeping one SSID

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dwalters23 wrote:

I have a basic 2-device Orbi setup, works great.  Want to add to this and extend across a field but keep a single SSID whether in the house or the barn.  A pair of wireless bridge devices seem the obvious solution, but then after that do I need another Orbi satellite at the remote site to extend the single SSID system-wide?

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This is correct. ALTHOUGH...... if the distance is far enough that any device will completely drop WiFi connection when moving from one to the other, then any WiFi access point could be installed in the barn and given the same WiFi SSID and password as the Orbi system.

Devices constantly scan for WiFi signals and have a list of "known" SSIDs and passwords.  If something never leaves the barn, it will be connected forever.  If it completely loses the signal, it will begin searching and soon "find" the same SSID and not know that it is a different access point.  BUT, if a device still has enough signal to remain connected to the far end (at a very poor connection), it will not drop and begin looking again.  That is what the Orbi system manages.  The Orbi units coordinate and use an 802.11 protocol to tell the device, "You should change to this other access point now."

So, an Orbi satellite is the best solution (if you can find one), otherwise "How far away is the barn?"