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Can orbi support my 7 cabins?
I have 7 camping cabins, each laid out surrounding a central 8x8 cabana, the furthest unit is 50' from the cabana. The cabins are 1000 sq/ft cinder block construction. The paved area between the cabins does not lend itself to burying network cables.
I was considering running gigabit to the Cabana and distribute to the 7 units. Would an Orbi mesh wifi 6E system work in this usage model? Orbi Router at the Cabana and satellite at each unit?
What do you suggest/why?
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the 20-60ft isn't that big of a deal as its recommended to have at least 30 feet between router/satellites.
the biggest issue is going to be the cinder block walls. Cinder block does a great job of blocking wifi.
And that'll be the issue. Its going to be tough for us to tell you 100% whats going to work because of that.
Do you have coax ran between the units? Because you could always use MoCa adapters to connect the units for a backhaul. Then put access points or satellites in the units.
Thanks for the feedback, with no coax available between units, i am not sure what the best solution is.
do the cabana and cabins have a line of sight window you could put the satellites in?
Glass doesn't block wifi.
Or even if there's some type of wood structure/attic that might be able to host a router/satellite (dust/heat could be an issue there).
You could potentially try ethernet over powerline but if they're on different power circuits, that might not work.
You could use a point to point system to connect them as well.
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