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RBR20 set-up problems
Hello everyone, P{lease can someone help / advise me? We are older people, not very computer expert so much of the language used by professionals is not understandable by us. We habe rubbish WiFi a...
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Will look at it again tomorrow and respond.
Thank you so much for the suggestions.
"Junk Mail" pretty much sums up my life right now. (sigh)
I really hate to be discouraging. Stone and concrete are horrible impediments to WiFi. This type of wall makes installing ethernet cables for backhaul impractical unless you really enjoy drilling holes.. What many people have done is use PowerLine adapters with the existing electrical wiring to connect the satellites to the router. Alas, many older buildings also have "older wiring" which sometimes is not suitable for PowerLine.
That's brilliant advice. Many thanks - we now seem to have a working Orbi system.
Your suggestions were enough help for us to work out where we were going wrong.
Trying to set up from the Orbi App on an iPhone is not a good idea for amateurs.
The original instructions didn't tell me which port to plug in the ethernet cable, so I had it in the wrong hole.
We were also not told to plug the PC into Orbi - once we did that the PC took over and we did the set-up and updating of software from there. So much easier than on a fiddly phone screen.
Instructions are not at all clear - luckily we understood enough to make out what was required.
You would think that nowadays, technology could be made simple enough for anyone to install something new like this. Plug and Play is the word isn't it?
I'm very grateful for your help.
By the way - by juggling the positions of the 2 sattellites, we have obtained a good signal in every room. The tick walls have been defeated!
Cheers