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New to Netgear : what devices should I look at?
Hello, New to Netgear, I am exploring the idea to buy Netgear Orbi Pro APs for a small office (3 APs + switch), 15 to 20 people. ISP provides a FTTH connection with ~ 600Mb/s bandwidth. The swit...
What is the size of your home business building? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and 📡 satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS📡 to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
https://kb.netgear.com/31029/Where-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite 📡
Thanks for your reply FURRYe38 !
The building is on one level only, approx 1200 sq ft, rather elongated rectangle shape : approx 80 x 15 ft.
The router would be in the middle and the satellites on each side of the rectangle, at a distance of let say 30 ft from the RBR.
There is a brick wall in the path of the signal from the RBR to the two RBSs.
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After reading the description of the product, I am not completely sure if the RBS are connected to the RBR by a wire or by a dedicated wifi channel. Or perhaps both can be done?
And about the VPN, can the RBR initiate a SSTP VPN session and tunnel the traffic into it? (not for Guest SSID)
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
ltr
Hello FURRYe38
I would like to come back to you to have your feedback about the VPN client.
Is there one built in Orbi devices ?
For that size of home just a Orbi router alone would be good enough or maybe with just one RBS. Having too many RBS in a smaller size home may cause problems or be problematic at least.
https://kb.netgear.com/31489/How-do-I-use-VPN-on-my-Orbi-system-with-my-iOS-device?article=31489
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