Short Version:

1. What satellites can be used with an RBR/RBS 50 system?

2. In a multi-satellite system, does every satellite need to "see" the main device? Or can a satellite connect to another satellite, passing signals along to the "main" device bucket brigade style?

Longer version:

My WiFi setup at home used to be an Asus WiFi router with a TP-Link Range Extender. This was always problematic, the TP-Link requiring power cycles every week or two.

So I just bought myself a Netgear RBR/RBS50 setup.

I have the RBR50 in the basement, connected to my internet modem. I have an RBS50 upstairs, 2 floors up basically. Phones, cameras, tablets and smarthome devices connect to both; all seems well.

Sadly, there is also my wife's fitness studio (aka, "shed") to deal with, which is about 150 feet away. It's on the top of a hill, at almost exactly the same elevation as the RBS50. Indeed, you can see the RBS50 in the upstairs window from the shed.

Unfortunately, the Netgear WiFi signal does not get there, which is a problem as her personal trainer (don't get me started) sees her via a Zoom meeting.

Temporarily, I have the TP-Link back in service, located about half ways between the house and the studio, and so there is now WiFi at the studio. But given the previous problems with the TP-Link, I want another solution.

So here's the same questions as above, and a few more besides.

1. What satellites can be used with an RBR/RBS 50 system?

2. Given my situation, is there a "preferred" satellite to use?

3. The basement, where the RBR50 is located, is truly underground, and the ground is granite. Any device to service the studio will itself have to be serviced by a satellite; no way a WiFi signal from the RBR50 is going to "escape" the basement. So, can a satellite connect to another satellite, passing signals along "bucket brigade" style? Or must the RBR50 communicate with all satellites? Put another way, does daisy-chain work, or is a star the only topology?

Thanks for any thoughts.

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