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Possible to use a single satellite in an Orbi network as an AP with a different SSID?
I have an RBR850 and 4 RBS850s in my home network. One of the four satellites is in a separate building on the property that serves as my office and is hard-wired to the router. It is probably about ...
Can you give examples of the sort of devices which do this?
Do they change access points when moving around within the main building?
My sense is that neither the requested solution nor installing a separate WiFi access point addresses the issue of a device remaining connected to a WiFi unit that is 200 ft. away. If you must manually connect to the other AP, might as well just turn WiFi off and back oh again.
Might check the macbook forums to see if there's any settings for changing roaming aggressiveness. I don't have a mac but windows has one built in.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7262077?sortBy=rank
Thanks, I'll look into that.
So far no specific replies to the question about setting up one satellite as an AP, or providing it with a different SSID. I'm guessing that means it's not something that's possible with the Orib?
popechild2 wrote:
Thanks, I'll look into that.
So far no specific replies to the question about setting up one satellite as an AP, or providing it with a different SSID. I'm guessing that means it's not something that's possible with the Orib?
Not a possibility I'm aware of.
If you just want a cheap/high-performing access point in your garage, you can pickup a WAX218 off fleabay for pretty reasonable and it'll perform quite well. Or any old router in there set in access point mode.
