RBR40 and RBW30 satellite - poor connection with line of sight free and daisy chain on

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Roofus wrote:

My house has 3 floors with the RBR40 router on the middel floor in a corner of the house. Less than 30 ft away from the router is a satellite with a sheetrock wall in between them. Immediately above that satellite (let's call this Sat-B) is another satellite (Sat-C). Straight down the hall from Sat-C is the final satellite (Sat-D). There is 30 feet between Sat-C and Sat-D with no barriers, it's an empty hallway.

 

The distant satellite (Sat-D in my explanation above) often moves to amber or red color and tries to reconnect and/or offers poor connection speeds. The Sat-D often is connect directly to the router which, to me, makes no sense given the walls and 150+ foot distance when there is perfectly good satellite (Sat-C) just 30 feet away.

 

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The math is not working out for me. 60ft horizontally plus 15ft? vertically would compute to a diagonal measurement of about 62ft, not 150+.

No matter.  Yes, satellite D should connect to satellite C rather than D.  RBW30 satellites are designed to plug directly into wall outlets, which is often a poor location for WiFi radios.  I like the suggestion to get an extension cord and try moving satellites around a bit to see if connections improve.