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Vespasion's avatar
Vespasion
Tutor
Apr 04, 2020

Question about distance and RBK 50

I have the latest firmware for the orbi and using Widows 10 Home.

I love my Orbi.  It has done what they claim it does.  It solved all my wifi extender problems.

This is my situation and I am hoping knowledgeable people can help me here.

My router is about 50-60 feet from my satellite and connects very well to all my devices.

At first I was getting tremendous speeds. I pay for 300mbps and get 480mbps on a PC hard wired.

However, when I first attached my orbi router to my orbi sat., I was getting over 80mbps and now just 40 is all I get.

I raised the orbi satellite in the target house and it was too high. The speed dropped.  I lowered it to be more in line of sight but it did not help. Too high and too low.  Both wrong.

I was wondering if i buy an outdoor orbi satellite would that help speed up the signal between one house and the target house? Something between the router and the first satellite inside.

What does the community think?

 

Thanks

11 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 04, 2020

    30 feet is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected. https://kb.netgear.com/000036466/How-far-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite-from-my-Orbi-router

     

    What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
    Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?

     

    Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings

    Try disabling the following and see:
    Armor, Circle, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only.

     

    Has a factory reset and setup from scratch been performed since last FW update? 
    https://kb.netgear.com/31486/How-do-I-reset-my-Orbi-system-to-factory-default-settings

    • Vespasion's avatar
      Vespasion
      Tutor
      Apr 05, 2020

      Everything you said to do was pretty much already done when I got into the property boxes to change them.

      I changed my DNS server to comodo and pages render instantly on my hard wired PC. I have never seen speed like that

      before in my tech backward state of La.  In order to get more distance I need to go to 2 G speed instead of 5G and see how that works.

  • tomschmidt's avatar
    tomschmidt
    Virtuoso
    Apr 04, 2020

    For that long of a distance, I suggest 3 options:

    1. Add another satellite in between to be able to daisy chain to the further satellite
    2. Run a CAT6 cable between the router and satellite to give a gigabit link between the two
    3. Use a WiFi outdoor bridge between the two buildings if they are over 50 feet apart (search Amazon or other retailers)
    • Vespasion's avatar
      Vespasion
      Tutor
      Apr 04, 2020

      Thank you for the fast reply.  I have an outdoor air bridge in my cart on Amazon ready to go.  I am sure this will boost things up.

       

      Thank you again for your help

      • tomschmidt's avatar
        tomschmidt
        Virtuoso
        Apr 05, 2020

        I hope the WiFi bridge works for your issue.  Please mark this thread as resolved if that works.

    • Vespasion's avatar
      Vespasion
      Tutor
      Apr 14, 2020

      I got my Bridge in from Netgear (Amazon) and will attempt to install it today.  It looks really complicated and I doubt I have the brains for it, but if i get it up and running and it does its job, I will post resolved on your reply to my original question.

      This is why I havent posted resolved yet, because I havent installed the bridge yet.

      Thanks

      Thomas