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Orbi RBK653 Mesh
I'm looking get in on the cheaper side of WiFi 6 and Tri-band with two satellites. The router is on one end of the house, so I'll need to daisy chain the two extenders to reach the opposite end, abou...
If you're daisy chaining, I'd highly recommend the triband satellites. The dual bands take a significand speed hit when daisy chained.
The only time I recommend the dual bands is if you're planning on hardwiring in the satellites. Then it performs fine.
If you don't mind renewed, there's been some renewed orbi's on amazon
If you're daisy chaining, I'd highly recommend the triband satellites. The dual bands take a significand speed hit when daisy chained.
The only time I recommend the dual bands is if you're planning on hardwiring in the satellites. Then it performs fine.
If you don't mind renewed, there's been some renewed orbi's on amazon
- Thanks for taking the time to reply to this hit and run. You confirm my suspicions. I'll check out the renewed options, I've gone that route few times.
How Is the tri-band router paired with dual band satellites setup ever beneficial? I'm having trouble understanding how it could be. The satellites can't communicate with the router on the 2nd 5ghz channel, can they?
eblues wrote:
How Is the tri-band router paired with dual band satellites setup ever beneficial? I'm having trouble understanding how it could be. The satellites can't communicate with the router on the 2nd 5ghz channel, can they?It costs $150 less. $400 vs. $550. (i.e. the Tri Band solution is 37% more costly.)
Imagine a user who has ethernet wiring in place and thus has no need for WiFi backhaul.
Or, imagine a user who has modest WiFi needs. All the TV's use cable or satellite. An internet gaming is wired. The internet speed is only 200Mbps. Those satellites may be able to handle modest user WiFi and backhaul all on one 5G channel.
For either of those two consumers, paying more may not get them any observable benefit.
