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rsisson
Jun 22, 2018Aspirant
Vertical Placement of RBR50 and RBS50's
We have a SMALL cottage house. Maybe 60 x 60' with 3 floors.
The Orbi Base is in the Basement, centrally located.
We set up the first Satellite in the Attic, about 40' Straight up
The Attic...
FURRYe38
Jun 22, 2018Guru - Experienced User
a small cottage home may only need the one router if you can get the main router out of the basement.
30 feet is a good starting distance from base router to satellite. However building materials impact this.
You could try Daisy chaining the two satellites and see if this improves anything.