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Pre-sale question with regards to AX and Orbi Outdoor WiFi Range Extender (RBS50Y)
Hi there,
I am looking at setting up a WiFi Mesh network on my farm and I am looking at the Orbi WiFi 6 System (RBK853) AX6000 to do this. However to get the WiFi signal from the house to the workshop I will need to use a Orbi Outdoor WiFi Range Extender (RBS50Y) which I noticed is not a Mesh device nor a WiFi 6 device.
1. Can I have the Orbi Outdoor WiFi Range Extender (RBS50Y) in the middle of 2 sets of mesh node and still extend my mesh network in the barn?
2. With the RBS50Y not being WiFi 6 what will I loose in the barn site of the network?
Is my assumption correct in saying a mesh node can only "re-broadcast" the signal it is receving, so if signal strength was measured 1-10 you would want to place each node where it is receving a 10 signal, which could get pretty expensive.
Thanks in advance.
Tony
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What is the distance from the house to the barn are? If is anything over 60 feet, your best option would be to run a buried CAT6A LAN cable from the home out to the barn area and then install a wired RBS there.
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