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Satellite placement? basement/concrete
Hi, We recently put an addition on to our house and there is poor wifi signal in it. The addition is off the back, the top floor is level with the our single story home (concrete slab on grade), ...
mdirmyer wrote:If I put one orbi at my router/modem from my ISP and one where I do get signal in the top floor will that bring signal to the bottom floor? Should I be looking at other solutions like extenders or powerline adaptors?
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From what i've read so far I'd need to run the router/modem from ISP in bridge mode to use the orbi router. Is that correct as well?
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I have a three story with radient heat on all levels (so same flooring) and the Orbi Router signal penetrates pretty well through out the house (about 4500 sq ft), but putting a Satellite on each floor definitly helps me maintain the fastes internet and network speed. So I would recommend you try placing the Satellite about 20-30 feet away on another floor to get the widest benefit. I placed the third satellite high on the third floor and this definitly helps me get a signal outside the house and way down the block.
I've also found the Orbi much more stable than my ISP modem as a router which needed a reset every 2 days, so I had them place it in bridge mode. No regrets - the Orbi I find is even more stable than my previous Apple Airport and Asus RT-AC87 which needed a reboot every week.