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Tri-band Question
Quick question. The specs say tri-band, however from what I am reading, one of these bands is dedicated to the router>satelite communication (from what I understand, that is to achieve perfromance w...
hi Ru
to answer you question
you would have dual band ether way as ( apart from the new tp link 7200 ) no current routers are actually tri band as 2 of the transmissions are on the same band
however to the answe you actually want
you are corrdect there are only 1 transmission on each band you have access to , one on 2.4 gig and one on 5 gig , the second transmission on 5 gig is used specifically and exclusivly for the backhaul connection from sat to router
thus what you have access to is
1 x 2,4 gig 400M transmission
and
1 x 5 gig 867M transmission
this is per device
so the router transmits 1 x 5 gig and 1 x 2.4 gig and the sat transmits 1 x 5 gig and 1 x 2.4 gig
both with the same ssid name
so your assumption is correct , you have no access to the third transmission as its specifically for the backhaul
pete
peteytesting wrote:
hi Ru
to answer you question
you would have dual band ether way as ( apart from the new tp link 7200 ) no current routers are actually tri band as 2 of the transmissions are on the same band
The current routers marketed as tri-band can transmit simultaneously at 2.4 GHz and two of the following 5 GHz bands: U-NII-1 (5.17-5.25 GHz), U-NII-2A (5.25-5.32 GHz), U-NII-2C (5.5-5.72 GHz), and U-NII-3(5.745-5.835 GHz). IMO, it's fair to consider these routers tri-band.
But it is true that the Orbi only has two user-facing bands. The third is used for a dedicated connection between the base and satellites, so while it's not technically wrong to call the Orbi tri-band, it is a bit misleading.
i agree that it could be misleading along with the reviews that have called it a mesh system as at this stage its not , you could also say its misleading to say its got speeds up to 3 gig when in reality the fastest you can sync to it is 867M
its advertising blurb and its why users really have to do their homework before blindly buying anything including the orbi system
pete