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Orbit placement with 2 satellites
I have a 3 floor 7000 sq ft home and just bought the Orbi with 2 satellite set from Costco for $500. ISP is Verizon Fios with TV/phone and using the Action Tec Fios Router/Modem which wireless is of...
ymc226 wrote: Can the 2nd satellite be place still farther away in a line (R -> S1-> S2) from the Orbi router or should the Orbi router be at the "center." This latter placement pattern would not be how my house built.hi
no , atm you have to run the orbi like this
sat ----- router --- sat
as its not a mesh system , there has been suggestion it may be mesh in the future but no real confirmation
so atm the orbi router needs to be in the certer of the 2 units
ymc226 wrote: Can the 2nd satellite be place still farther away in a line (R -> S1-> S2) from the Orbi router or should the Orbi router be at the "center." This latter placement pattern would not be how my house built.
hi
no , atm you have to run the orbi like this
sat ----- router --- sat
as its not a mesh system , there has been suggestion it may be mesh in the future but no real confirmation
so atm the orbi router needs to be in the certer of the 2 units
Thanks for your answer.
What do you mean it is not a mesh system? That is how it was advertised.
bneiderman1 wrote:What do you mean it is not a mesh system? That is how it was advertised.
its not a mesh system in the sat's dont communicate with each ither , they only talk to the orbi router at the current time
