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Talon38
Dec 17, 2022Tutor
ORBI AX11000 SYSTEM AND EXTENSION QUESTIONS
Greetings! I have 5 Orbi RB960Bs in my home working well together. We are building a dock around 130' from the house and have run a Cat 8 cable to the dock to set up Wi-Fi. What device might we co...
- Dec 19, 2022
Unfortunately there isn't a outdoor version of the 9 series.
Only suggestion would be to put in a outdoor electronics case then you could put in a indoor RBS unit inside of this case:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/Outdoor-Satellite/td-p/2129551
AP = Access Point. Just a mode where the router portion is disabled leaving the wifi radios running for wifi access with devices.
Talon38
Dec 17, 2022Tutor
Thanks! I've purchased a WAX630-EP. Maybe overkill?
Mike
CrimpOn
Dec 17, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Talon38 wrote:
Maybe overkill?
Probably. Mixing residential and commercial products may be more complicated than you want.
In addition to the Ethernet connection, it might be useful to consider:
- How the unit will be powered?
- How the unit will be mounted?
- Does it need to be weather resistant?