NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
RBK53 vs RBK43 backhaul range
Heya there folks,
Does anyone know if the range of the backhaul is significantly different between the RBK53 and RBK43?
I'm not too bothered about speed as the internet connectivity is only 10mbps to the premises, however, it's an old farm type house that's kind of three houses knocked and joined together.
Currently served with a Linksys Velop that's always having drop offs of the third unit no matter where I seem to place it.
So hoping that the Orbi will let me do parental controls *and* have a more reliabile connection to the third hop which is naturally where the kids room is.
8 Replies
What is the distance that your trying to cover? I have a 5000sq ft house and one satellite at the opposite end of the house. About 40ft between router and satellite. I presume I might be able to go a bit more however don't need to.
If your trying to get far distances, then you may need an out door kind of set up or run buried CAT6 ethernet cable to the remote locations.
- It’s more about stone walls rather than distances...
Hence me wondering about the power to go through them.
No chance of doing cable runs either...
Or powerline (3 separate supplies )Ya, you'll have problems there as awell.
You might try some out door orbi Satellites if there is any external exposures.
You may need some business grade repeaters maybe. I would look into running ethernet cabling if at all possible.
The orbi systems are generally the same in regards to power. IT's the connection rates that differ between them.
Give the 50 a try and let us know if this works for you...
If you have a challenging RF environment (e.g. exterior walls, lots of walls, etc), the 4x4 backhaul on the 50 series will do better than the 2x2 radios. In short, more radios & antennas will either translate into longer reach at same speed or faster speed at same distance.
