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Older system - no satellites
I have a six year old RBK752 system with one satellite (RBS750). I need now to reach a part of my house that wasn't necessary before...the signal gets through from the main router (satellite is very...
Oh, this is useful to help me think this through.
The item it cannot reach is fixed-- solar battery that will be installed in next few months that needs internet connection to reach the web. I can get a weak wifi signal now from the router at the place the powerwall will be placed but worry that it is weak. The location is about 40 feet away from the router...on a straight line (set next to window on high bookshelf). The solar inverter is at the front of the house connected to the current satellite, the powerwall will be at back. They are supposed to be on the same network. As I understand it from your description, the extender --which would connect to the router about thirty feet away and then rebroadcast another 10-12 feet to the powerwall--would be a separate wifi network. What I don't know is whether this new network would then be considered the same network for the purposes of the inverter and powerwall being on the same network. This is getting really complicated. Maybe the new system makes the most sense.
When I looked into used or satellites, I heard that the firmware may cause problems in connecting to my system which has been updated regularly and updating the firmware in a satellite that is not connected is apparently challenging.
Thanks very much for your response.
"network" is a complicated concept. When a WiFi extender is connected to a WiFi system, all of the devices connected to the extender become part of the primary network. They are assigned IP addresses by the primary network. They can communicate with all devices on the primary network, including devices that are 'wired' and those that are connected via WiFi. (The Guest WiFi network is deliberately separated from the primary network and devices on it are not part of the primary network.)
The issue people face with WiFi extenders is only in terms of devices transitioning from one WiFi access point to another. With mesh WiFi units, the transition is seamless. With WiFi extenders, it is not.
This sound like a perfect application for a WiFi extender.
Thanks! Very helpful.