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"best when the sat is connected wirelessly to router." Really?
NG says: "Tri-band WiFi works best when the Orbi satellite is connected wirelessly to your Orbi router. This gives you better performance than many wired Ethernet solutions and gives you greater flex...
DoctorA wrote:NG says: "Tri-band WiFi works best when the Orbi satellite is connected wirelessly to your Orbi router. This gives you better performance than many wired Ethernet solutions and gives you greater flexibility in placing your Orbi satellite."
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I think what is meant is that wireless backhaul will give you a total throughput of 2.4 Gbps in Orbi AX, while wired backhaul will give you a maximum of 1 Gbps. So wireless backhaul is much better than wired when having many devices streaming or downloading data at high speeds simultaneously.
DoctorA wrote:NG says: "Tri-band WiFi works best when the Orbi satellite is connected wirelessly to your Orbi router. This gives you better performance than many wired Ethernet solutions and gives you greater flexibility in placing your Orbi satellite."
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I think what is meant is that wireless backhaul will give you a total throughput of 2.4 Gbps in Orbi AX, while wired backhaul will give you a maximum of 1 Gbps. So wireless backhaul is much better than wired when having many devices streaming or downloading data at high speeds simultaneously.