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Satelite placement
I am looking to buy an Orbi mesh wifi system and was wondering if there was such a thing as placing the satellites too close.
I have had an extension and on the basis that I cant chage the loca...
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
30 feet is recommended in between the base and satellites to begin with depending upon building materials.
I have a 5000sq ft home, only use the base and just 1 satellite at about 40 feet in between them...
The house is a standard sized 4 bed house (originally 3 beds but we extended outwards side and back).
I just find that the standard BT router set upcant reach upstairs too well or out side to the ring doorbell (which basically doesnt work) plus catch up TV and the Sonos keep dropping off.
I thought if I bought loads of satelites it would be a good thing but then I started wondering if too many would interfere with each other - similarly if the peripherals were right next to the satelites whether that would be a bad thing too.
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
Yes having too many satellites in close range will be a problem.
If your ISP modem has a built in router, Couple of options,
1. Configure the modem for transparent bridge mode. Then use the Orbi router in router mode. You'll need to contact the ISP for help and information in regards to the modem being bridged correctly.
2. If you can't bridge the modem, disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.
3. Or disable all wifi radios on the modem and connect the Orbi router to the modem, configure AP mode on the Orbi router.All so technical - I struggle to understand to be honest.
My house measures about 2500 sq ft but if you measure upstairs too then it doubles !?