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BIG9MM
Feb 05, 2018Apprentice
RBS50 2000 square feet or 2500 square feet
On my satellite box on the ORBI RBS50, its shows 2000 square feet and on the Orbi website it shows the RBS50 at 2500 square feet. 1. Why on the box does it show the ORBI RBK50 is rated to 2000 ...
st_shaw
Feb 05, 2018Master
1. Change in marketing material on the website after the box was printed. Don't worry too much about this spec. Your results will depend more on your environment than on any spec you read. You might get substantially more or substantially less coverage.
2. Yes.
3. Netgear recommends a max of 3 satellites for performace reasons. All satellites share the backhaul. People on here have reported using 4 satellites successfully. Your square foot coverage will depend most upon your environment--the construction materials, floor layout, and RF noise. Earlier this week I did a speedtest on my iPhone over 500 feet away from my house and got 27 Mbps. A 500-foot radius would be 785,000 SF.
- BIG9MMFeb 05, 2018Apprentice
Thank you for helping me.
"Netgear recommends a max of 3 satellites for performace reasons"
1. Is that 3 satellites + router?
- BIG9MMFeb 05, 2018Apprentice
And one more thing I would like to know.
2. Will the RBS50 work with the ORBI PRO?
- st_shawFeb 05, 2018Master
wrote:
And one more thing I would like to know.
2. Will the RBS50 work with the ORBI PRO?
I don't know the answer to that one.
- st_shawFeb 05, 2018Master
wrote:
Thank you for helping me.
"Netgear recommends a max of 3 satellites for performace reasons"
1. Is that 3 satellites + router?
Yes
- tsigFeb 06, 2018Luminary
I wonder how using a wired backhaul would play into the picture...