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RBR50 Router SN 4PM2695Y074C1
I currently have the RBR50 router with 2 RBS50 Satellites in my home and it works fine. However my signal in my garage is not very good and I want to add something out there to get a better signal i...
I currently have 2 satelittes in the house and want to add a 3rd in the garage.
I see they have something called and RBW30 which just plugs into an outlet and didn't know if that would work with the system I have already or if I have to add another RBS50.
From what I understand you can use an RBW30 and the "daisy chain" topology to get better service in your garage. However, due to the daisy chain limitations you may not get a huge speed boost. A hardwire solution will give you better reliabily and, most probably, higher speed access.
I am not a WiFi expert by any strecth of the imigination. I'd recommend adjusting the location of your existing satellites before spending any money on another one! BTW, I have one satellite and it covers my attached 4 car garage quite nicely in the 2.4gHz band. That's after going through a concrete block/stucco wall and drywall. Good luck!
Hi and thanks for the reply.
The router itself which sends the Wi-Fi signal to the satellites is 6' from the back wall of the house so I can't arrange anything any closer to the garage as it is.
So I think I'm going to have to add something.
I was hoping to use the RBW30 so all I have to do is plug it in but that may not be the best solution since the signal out there is already weak and intermittent at times.
I do have one ethernet connection going out there but it's to my security camera NVR.
I could take that connection and connect it a LAN connection on a new device in the garage that would give me WiFi as well as additional ethernet connections. Then I could just take one of those ethernet connections to the NVR for the security cameras.
But that would mean I'd have to add another device like a router with Wi-Fi which I'm not crazy about doing. I'd like to keep all the Wi-Fi on the Orbi system.
The Orbi satellites have the ethernet outputs that I would need but no LAN connection to take the signal from the home network.
I'm not deceided yet on which way to go.
Thanks for the input