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Vertical coverage problems
Our SoHo business is in a small cottage type house, barely 1,800 sq.ft. Problem is it is 3 floors. (Basement, main floor and attic space) Our coverage for the third floor (attic) is slowly getting w...
Get the Orbi RBR base out from the basement and on to the the main floor. Basements are not good places for wifi routers. Concrete and steel will inhibit good signal travel.
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Also try turning down the power output of the RBRs wifi radios from 100% to 75-50% and see if this changes anything if you are in a wifi congested area. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
We are on on Comcast with a Arris Surfboard SB6190 and 300/12Mbps
I switched to channel 11 and 44
my "Backhaul" on the flakey satalite is "Poor" and is toggling between 2.4 and 5G
The basement is where all the servers are and we have access...
we have limited paths between floors as no closets line up, the stairway is not straight, and the perimeter was foamed so trying to snake something would be difficult. May have to go outside to run a hard line.
right now we have the base in the basement, a satalite at the other end of the basement because that workstation has no wifi option. The other satalite is in the attic, and that is the one with poor backhaul.
can I put a repeater on the 1st floor to help the backhaul?
as I said, the attic goes between no connection and 180M...
Basements are not recommended locations for any wifi routers. Concrete and steel will cause problems for wifi singles. Main floor or 2nd level are recommended locations for main wifi routers.
If you don't want to move everything, you can use Powerline Ethernet to use your mains circuit to extend the Ethernet network.
You could use Powerline to connect a modem in the basement to the Orbi router in a more central location.
I have an Orbi router (in AP mode) feeding from an Netgear router. The Orbi then feeds an array of satellites to deliver wifi around the place.
You could also use Powerline to connect things like PCs and TVs that you don't move around the place and that could work with a permanent LAN connection.
