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lekw310388
Jan 26, 2017Star
Speed from 500mbps down to 25mbps
So i just received the Orbi yesterday and have it setup. The good news is, I have full signel all over my house. The bad news is, if I tested the speed via ethernet cable between the rounter and ...
peteytesting
Jan 27, 2017Hero
the color lights are not an accurate representation and its quite possible the backhaul is struggling to the through the ceiling / floor , what the ceiling / floor made of ?
lekw310388
Jan 27, 2017Star
that sounds like an explaination...but regardless of the material of the ceiling / floor (I would guess its made of cement?) I live on a 4 story hosue and the modem is placed on the groud floor, I then place the satellite on the 2/F, which seems reasonable considering it is the center of the house.
- peteytestingJan 27, 2017Hero
lekw310388 wrote:I live on a 4 story hosue and the modem is placed on the groud floor, I then place the satellite on the 2/F, which seems reasonable considering it is the center of the house.
if the floors / ceilings are concrete and reinforced metal bars you will be lucky to get up one floor never mind 2 , i think you may need to reconsider your options here
do you have ethernet installed between the floors at all
- lekw310388Jan 27, 2017Star
So you are suggesting me to relocate the satellite to the first floor? So by keeping the router on the groud floor and satellite being ont he first floor, I don't see how I would get any signal if I'm on the top floor.....
Unfortunately I don't have any ethernet installed betweens the floors, that's why I was using powerline adapter and now switching to Orbi...
- peteytestingJan 27, 2017Hero
lekw310388 wrote:I don't see how I would get any signal if I'm on the top floor.....
you wont , its a simple matter of physics , that concrete just wont pass the wif so your pretty much screwed wifi wise with any solution you go in this field be that orbi or any other mesh system