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Orbi 960 - needed outdoor extended range hello
I’ve got a 960 system (RBRE960 and RBSE960 - router and 2 satellites) in my home but I need coverage to reach a camera (2.4Ghz) a ways away outside. A satellite in the window facing that camera is qui...
- ☺️for the suggestion. As I said, not tech oriented. How will giving the extender 2.4 signal a different name/SSID force the camera to connect to it? Will this 2.4 band have a different password, like having a completely separate network aside from the 2.4ghz band on the mesh network? This is a Blink camera, if that matters.
Number 3. Outdoor rated WiFi extender. There are several brands on Amazon. Be sure to read the product information carefully. Even when search terms are specific, Amazon mixes all sorts of products together. Give the 2.4G signal it produces a different SSID than the primary system so that the camera will attempt to connect only to this access point.
☺️for the suggestion. As I said, not tech oriented. How will giving the extender 2.4 signal a different name/SSID force the camera to connect to it? Will this 2.4 band have a different password, like having a completely separate network aside from the 2.4ghz band on the mesh network? This is a Blink camera, if that matters.