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Radiation pattern for orbi RBR50 & RBS50
Have just purchased the Orbi for Wifi coverage in a large house. Works so much better than any other system (and beleive me I have tried many!) I am wondering if any one can supply a map of the w...
frankhfrom0Z wrote:Have just purchased the Orbi for Wifi coverage in a large house. Works so much better than any other system (and beleive me I have tried many!)
I am wondering if any one can supply a map of the wifi radiation pattern of the two units as I had to do a fair amount of placement experimentation to get good results. The different colored lights are only a very rough indication.
I had one problem area where I was receiving less than optimal reception in the same room as the router and I found that turning the router unit just a few degree made all the difference.
A map representation of the pattern would be a great assist.
there is no one size fits all and if you have done the time to work out the best position thats fine
use something like a site survey with inssider to map your house and work out whats happening
st_shaw wrote:Orbi uses beamforming. Beamforming will change the radiation pattern dynamically based on which client it is communicating with. So, the data you seek is more complicated and will also vary based on channel and band. Still, I agree it would be useful to have more details for those that could understand them.
however beamforming for the backhaul wont change as the units are static , once placed the connection between router and sat is a fixed value , for the clients yes i agree beamforming make the basic radiation pattern a more complex issue
Again thanks for the further info it all helps.
Just for the sake of clarity, I need to correct some info I gave in a previous email.
The size of our property is about 1/2 acre or 4000 sq feet. Don't want to mislead... The general coverage pattern as I have I set up would also include providing good, but not excellent, coverage to our neighbour's house without further adjustment, so the effective use range is slightly better than the 4000 sq feet advertised. As the saying goes "your mileage may vary".
On a previous property where I had to install an outdoor antenna to minimally service two separate buildings, the Orbi would have provided excellent coverage for both.
The Orbi purformance is quite literally streets ahead of anything else I have tried.
I should also say that this is with mu mimo and beam forming enabled. (They are disabled by default.) There should be something in the "Getting Started" documentation that flags these features and how to implement. Without those features enabled the Orbi is only as good as my previous gear.