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Additional Satellite to WiFi 7 970 Series
I just hooked up the ORBI WiFi 7 970 Series router with 2 satellites. All are hard wired (Backhaul). I was gonig to add an additional satellite at the other end of the house, but it will not be hard wired. Is this possible? Will the additional satellite piggy back from the closest satellite?
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What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router 📡 and satellite(s)🛰️? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR 📡 and RBS 🛰️ to begin with depending upon building materials when wired or wirelessly connected.Size of home is 2500 square ft. Router is in basement and both satellites are upstairs. They are hard wired back to the router. Distance shouldn't be an issue since they are hard wired. I wanted to add one more satellite downstairs hard wired back to the router as well so the other side of basement is covered. I have cement floors on first floor.
That size of home, Should only need the RBR and one RBS...
You must have a massive house to need 3x satellites. They provide quite a bit of coverage, and you can actually make speeds/roaming worse with too much coverage.
It's just when I walk further from the satellite, I notice the wifi get weaker and I am less than 30ft from it.
