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RBR40, RBS40, and RBS50Y device connection priorities
I have one RBR40 and two RBS40s.
The RBR40 is on the first floor.
One RBS40 is on the second floor and the other is on the 2nd floor of a detatched garage apartment at least 100 feet fro...
Your laptop makes the ultimate decision regarding which Orbi to connect to. Sounds like you have an issue with your laptop choosing the right Orbi.
Is this issue unique to the laptop? In other words, do other devices in the apartment connect to the nearest Orbi?
Most laptops don't roam like phones and tablets. You probably will need to cycle WiFi OFF and ON on your laptop to get it to connect to the best Orbi, which should be the one 5-ft away. Did you try this?
Your speeds might improve if you get your laptop to connect to the nearest Orbi, and you get daisy chain working. You cannot control how Orbi's connect using daisy chain. About all you can do is rearrange the physical location of the Orbis so the Orbi in the apartment sees a stronger signal from the outdoor satellite than from the router.
Fundamentally, though, your problem is your apartment is over 100 feet away and there are several walls between your WiFi client and your router. You will never get maximum speeds under those conditions. If you want top speed in the apartment, you will need to run an Ethernet wire out there, or install some sort of wireless point-to-point link on the outside of each building.