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RBKE963B & Outdoor Satellite
Hello, I'm thinking about buying a new Orbi WiFi 6E RBKE963B pack and and want to know if Orbi outdoor satellites are fully compatible in a mesh network configuration ? I'm not able to find out...
bouchi wrote:
Hello,
thank you very much for your fast and complete answer.
As I'm not yet an Orbi user, could you please tell me what the Orbi mode provide more than a Mesh extender ?---Orbi mode basically the router has more control between router/satellites to help with daisy chaining/star topology. It also seems to be a little smoother on smart roaming (subjective from me) even though its the device itself that decides when it roams between router/satellites.
If you can advise me based on your experience, what will you do ?
1. Buy RBKE963B + RBS50Y (or RBS50Yv2) and running in the mesh extender configuration ?
2. Buy RBKE963B only and wait for a potential WiFi 6E Orbi outdoor ?
3. Buy indoor and outdoor full compatible WiFi 5 Orbi system (AC3000, Orbi Pro WiFi 5 (SRK60B03)) until WiFi 6E will be generalized or replaced by WiFi 7 ?
Thank you
Bouchi
Are you needing the boost in speed/coverage? If it was me, I'd try the RBKE system with an outdoor extender. But I'd buy from somewhere with a generous return policy. that way if it doesn't provide the coverage/needs that you expect from the price, then you could return it and go with a standard AC system. I've used both the RBK53 and have the RBKE963. And I have a RBK50Y that I used with my RBK53. Do I notice much difference from going from an AC system to an AX system? Not really unless I'm speedtesting.
Would it connect to your system in orbi mode? No.
But you can connect it in extender mode and run it with the same ssid since its a mesh extender.
would it be as efficient in its roaming performance? Unknown as I haven't tried it.
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