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Setting up AC3000 for sprawling ranch house
I am looking to setup a mesh network in my daughter’s long sprawling ranch house. The square footage is 2700 ft, 5 bedrooms, plus 5 other rooms. The layout leans more toward a long rectangle than a square. The ISP connection comes into the house in the office which is roughly in the center of the house. Currently, she has some repeaters set up to get the signal down to the studio and bedrooms at one end, and the living room and family room at the other with somewhat spotty success. The two repeaters are hard wired with ethernet cable. The studio has 4 ethernet connected devices that are currently connected to the repeater via an unmanaged switch. The office in the center of the house has one ethernet connected device. The issue to resolve is slow and spotty wireless connections and losing signal as you move through the house.
I am looking at the Orbi A3000 3-pack available at Costco. My thinking would be to backhaul the two satellites but I have read several posts where people seem to have issues with the hardwired ethernet solution. Does this plan seem reasonable? Are there any other pieces of info I need before purchasing the unit? It seems like a good price but still isn't cheap.
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2700sq ft is a bit small for a 3 pack. I would try a base router and 1 satellite. I have a 5000sq ft home two level multiple rooms and use the base router upstairs at one end of the house and the satellite at the other end. about 40 feet in between. 30 feet is recommended between base router and satellite to begin with depending upon building materials. wood and dry wall doesn't present much of a problem. Older homes or building of concrete, this can pose a problem for wifi signal penetration.
Have had zero issues with wired back haul. Have there network switches in between my router and satellite.
Is the recommendation for 30 ft between so the wireless coverage doesn't overlap? In other words, what happens if the distance is less than 30 ft.?
yes, you don't want too much over lap. So farther is best from the router. The router can cover up to around 2000sq ft alone. 30 feet seem to be a starting point for Orbi systems.
FURRYe38 wrote:
2700sq ft is a bit small for a 3 pack. I would try a base router and 1 satellite. I have a 5000sq ft home two level multiple rooms and use the base router upstairs at one end of the house and the satellite at the other end. about 40 feet in between. 30 feet is recommended between base router and satellite to begin with depending upon building materials. wood and dry wall doesn't present much of a problem. Older homes or building of concrete, this can pose a problem for wifi signal penetration.
Have had zero issues with wired back haul. Have there network switches in between my router and satellite.
The size of a house is NOT a factor in the WIFI world, unless you're trying to push the signal from one end to the other. It's range NOT house size.
The router will be in the middle of the house. Then I have about 45 ft to the first satellite going one way, and 40 ft to the second satellite going the opposite way. Very long, skinny space. Are there any down-sides to using the RBR50 router and two RBS50 satellites? Would using one of the wall plug satellite models in the location that does not need ethernet connections make better sense?
