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MODEL: RBRE960 (AXE11000) Hello! I have an odd situation with my new ORBI RBRE960 system. I have 3 SSID's...HOME, GUEST, GATE. The GATE Wi-Fi is being beamed to a gate where a wireless keypad...
Hey TC,
Thanks for writing. I was able to get it figured out. Turned out to be an inline coupler that might be the problem. I tested the two legs of ethernet cable using a cable tester and initially, wires 1 and 2 didn't appear to be connected, with wires 3-8 working as expected. I swapped out the coupler and it all came back up and online. I hate it when I make assumptions about stuff like this thinking it "should" be working. Once again, lesson learned.
Because I assumed that the physical portion of this setup was OK, I focused on the software and other aspects of the setup. Boy is my face red 🙂
Thanks again for your time and help and have a good weekend!
Hey Mikey,
Thanks for writing. I was able to get it figured out. Turned out to be an inline coupler that might be the problem. I tested the two legs of ethernet cable using a cable tester and initially, wires 1 and 2 didn't appear to be connected, with wires 3-8 working as expected. I swapped out the coupler and it all came back up and online. I hate it when I make assumptions about stuff like this thinking it "should" be working. Once again, lesson learned.
Can you connect to the GATE SSID when you are in your house and near your Orbi RBRE960 router? How far away is your gate from the Orbi router? No, not before I changed that coupler. It would attempt to connect, but, just like when I was near the gate trying to connect, it just wouldn't finish the process. Couldn't not obtain an IP address.
When you say "The GATE wi-fi is beamed to a gate" do you mean some other hardware or wi-fi extender device is involved? If yes, what is it and how can we determine whether it is contributing to the problem? Yes sir, I have a C Crane satellite antenna shooting a WiFi beam to the gate. It provides an 18 degree concentrated beam to the gate. Without it, no signal until you get to the house. The gate is about a half mile away.
Thanks again for your time and help!
Getnoldfast wrote:Yes sir, I have a C Crane satellite antenna shooting a WiFi beam to the gate. It provides an 18 degree concentrated beam to the gate. Without it, no signal until you get to the house. The gate is about a half mile away.
I never heard of that type of hardware before, thanks for identifying it: https://ccrane.com/point-to-point-parabolic-wifi-antenna/
There have been others asking for help extending their wi-fi network to a barn, etc, and wondering if extra Orbi satellites can accomplish this task. The alternative of something like your wi-fi point to point solution is good to know about too.
Would you mind sharing what equipment is at each "end" of this radio link? (Orbi units do not have "N" radio antenna connectors.)
- Sure! As Mikey posted, here's the link to the antenna: https://ccrane.com/point-to-point-parabolic-wifi-antenna/
You only need the one antenna (and a bridge device which is connected between my router and the antenna on my roof via CAT 6 PPoE) and if you are in line of sight with the beam, they claim it can travel up to 5 miles if physically unimpeded. No other equipment is needed at the other end unless you are wanting to physically connect devices to a switch...then you'd need some sort of receiver. But for my case, with only the 2 devices in close proximity of each other, the beam covers that pretty well. Heck, my neighbor, who's house is right in line (on the edge of the signal's path) gets 4 bars and can connect their phones to that WiFi. Sure saves on running cable. Good luck!This forum provides new information that I find fascinating. A really unique and cleaver solution to a common problem. Would love to know what this PoE powered "bridge device" is.
- This equipment works pretty well too. I have a few trees that could be considered in the way, but overall I get 4 our of 5 bars on WiFi. It cost me about 250 for everything. The link you provided only shows the actual antenna, but you would need the bridge device as well. PPoe too so that's a plus.
