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Orientation of Orbi routers and satellites
Hi, what is the latest guidance on where the Orbi devices should be faced? I have read some stuff online, mainly old, that says the "flat" part should be faced into the center of the house - but Orbi...
All signals emanating form the units are 360.
Thanks FURRYe38 - so why don’t the tech spec sheets for the 960 and the 860 series discuss the 360° at all?
Only NG knows. 🙄
360 degrees or more sphere. 360 implies a flat plane. My understanding is its sphere.
I believe the answer is "omnidirectional" in the horizontal plane, and "weird" in the vertical plane:
Standing up (or upside down) is the expected orientation. Lying on the side would be the poorest.
User facing 2.4G/5G antennas for Orbi routers/satellites are mounted in (approximately) a vertical orientation. For example, the four user facing antennas of the 750 series look like this:
(The four 5G backhaul antennas are mounted at the top of the case and are tilted.)
These antennas appear to be a typical dipole construction:
The radiation pattern for dipole antennas depends on exactly how they are constructed and what fraction of the radio wavelength they are (full wave, half wave, quarter wave, etc.). The most common description of the radiation pattern for a dipole antenna is a "donut"
Thus, exactly above or below the antenna would have the lowest strength
