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vaida
Jun 26, 2024Aspirant
Orbi Overkill for 3 story town house?
I live in a 3 story townhouse. Each floor is fairly compact (Long but narrow). I bought an Orbi set (RBR850). I have the main router on the main floor of the house. I have a satellite on the top floo...
plemans
Jun 27, 2024Guru - Experienced User
I've got a trilevel house as well. And I've got a RBK973 system I'm using, its definitely overkill in my 3200sqft home. My devices don't roam quite as well as when I have only 1 satellite. But I like the additional satellite to cover my outdoors. During the winter, I had shut one down for better roaming. But it didn't matter a whole lot because I still had fantastic speeds, even if I was connected to the router and not the closer satellite.
Have you noticed speed issues? or just not roaming as well?