We currently have on Netgear RBS50Y to extend our WiFi range from a main building down to the Lake front. Its about 750 yards. Down there I have 8 ARLO cameras connected to the same ARLO Base with is connected to this extender. My question is Can I get another RBS50Y to increase the coverage? If I were to use two of these extenders, how would I configure them? One to my main router and then the second to the first extender? Is there a better Netgear product (within the same price range $375) that can give me increased coverage?

its 750 yards away? (2,250 feet?) If so, you should use a point to point system like netgear airbridge to get a connection to the lake front and then setup an satellite (the rbs50Y doesn't have an ethernet port so you'd need something like the standard rbs50 with one). From there you could use the 2x rbs50y. I'm impressed you made it that far and it actually works.

Yes, the ARLO folks are also quite amazed. But my error it was 750 feet from the WiFi extender to the first camera. But then going South and North its 300 feet in both directions. Now, regarding the Wireless AirBridge. I manage 23 ARLO cameras in our Lake Community which includes a Golf Course, Tennis Courts, Ballfield, Maint Shed and our Club house. I utilize from the Golf shed, Ubiquiti NanoBeam AC Point to Multipoint access. One Beam sends to another area with receives it with a Modem/Router and then that sends a Beam to another location which receives it. There I have a Frontier AIRTIES 4920 Router which then connects to our ARLO base for the cameras. Each location is about 300 feet apart. Back to the AirBridge, I was using a JooWin CFW-E72 antenna in AP or Repeater mode. Reading the documentation about AirBridge they do seem similar. I never was able to get a solid stable connection using the JooWin. The POE Lan/Wan just never stayed connected. I could try the JooWin down at the lake as long as you are saying the Netgear Airbridge is essential the same type of device. But the JooWin does require a cable coming in from one of those NanoBeams.

I couldn't find the joowin devices but the Nanobeams are the same basic air bridge setup. So for far distances, you want a point to point devices. For the close setup, thats where you want the AP's. The arlo's usually run off their own hub (not all of them). Sounds like you have quite a few different vendors in your setup. If it was me? I'd be looking at finding a single vendor and sticking with their solution so they integrate together better. I'm usually very pro-netgear but Ubiquity (your nanobeam) makes great stuff and does a really good job of integrating their various technologies into one solution.

I am also a big Netgear fan. Ive been using them at home for over 15 yearsDoes the Netgear air bridge as dies the NamoBeams? I then assume I need a PoE switch connected to AC. ALL THE PoE switches U am aware of are fir Indoor use only. Can I use the Airbrudge just pointing to the Netgear wifi extender? And would I need any cables?

The airbridge is a point point system. It needs a master and receiver in point to point mode. It has an access point mode but it doesn't broadcast as far. You can run it over poe or with a power supply.

Using two Netgear Orbi AC3000 RBS50Y to increase coverage range

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plemans
Guru
Jul 19, 2022
its 750 yards away? (2,250 feet?)

If so, you should use a point to point system like netgear airbridge to get a connection to the lake front and then setup an satellite (the rbs50Y doesn't have an ethernet port so you'd need something like the standard rbs50 with one). From there you could use the 2x rbs50y.

I'm impressed you made it that far and it actually works.
- rdilauro
  Aspirant
  Jul 19, 2022
  Yes, the ARLO folks are also quite amazed. But my error it was 750 feet from the WiFi extender to the first camera. But then going South and North its 300 feet in both directions.
  
  Now, regarding the Wireless AirBridge. I manage 23 ARLO cameras in our Lake Community which includes a Golf Course, Tennis Courts, Ballfield, Maint Shed and our Club house.
  
  I utilize from the Golf shed, Ubiquiti NanoBeam AC Point to Multipoint access. One Beam sends to another area with receives it with a Modem/Router and then that sends a Beam to another location which receives it. There I have a Frontier AIRTIES 4920 Router which then connects to our ARLO base for the cameras. Each location is about 300 feet apart.
  
  Back to the AirBridge, I was using a JooWin CFW-E72 antenna in AP or Repeater mode. Reading the documentation about AirBridge they do seem similar. I never was able to get a solid stable connection using the JooWin. The POE Lan/Wan just never stayed connected.
  I could try the JooWin down at the lake as long as you are saying the Netgear Airbridge is essential the same type of device. But the JooWin does require a cable coming in from one of those NanoBeams.
  - plemans
    Guru
    Jul 20, 2022
    I couldn't find the joowin devices but the Nanobeams are the same basic air bridge setup.
    
    So for far distances, you want a point to point devices. For the close setup, thats where you want the AP's.
    
    The arlo's usually run off their own hub (not all of them). Sounds like you have quite a few different vendors in your setup.
    
    If it was me? I'd be looking at finding a single vendor and sticking with their solution so they integrate together better. I'm usually very pro-netgear but Ubiquity (your nanobeam) makes great stuff and does a really good job of integrating their various technologies into one solution.

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