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Re: Additional Satellite to WiFi 7 970 Series
plemans, no, it’s 2000 sq ft. But house construction and 6Ghz wall penetration limitation regd 3 Satellites. It’s a 1950’s modern, all poured concrete (rebar also included in interior walls, walls ...
Dang. Let me congratulate you on doing the hard work for the backhaul. That's flipping impressive. Most peopleI suggest that to tell me to take a hike but you've already recognized the issues and done what you can to mitigate it.
Great work!
I'm a bit jealous of the industrialized setup too. here in MN its all wood/sheetrock.
I have seen the underground hvac done. its a pretty nice setup
Sorry.... I seem to have "lost" the first part of this conversation. Did this start with a question about "will another satellite connect to one of the existing devices by WiFi?"
If so, I hate to be a "wet blanket", but there is every indication that connecting another satellite with WiFi may be difficult because of the building construction. If two bedrooms side-by-side require separate satellites, what are the chances that the 5G backhaul signal will penetrate the same sort of wall to reach a satellite in the large central room?
It may require getting out that drill with concrete bit.
- CrimpOn, another member asked me why I had 3-nodes in a 2000 sq ft house. I added wired back haul when I bought the 970/971 system this past April. So I was just explaining the house construction that has given me such heartache since my first dial-up internet connection and my need for two satellites seemingly too close together.
My point was that factors other than building size can dramatically impact WiFi performance (especially since 6Ghz does NOT penetrate as well as the 5 GHz band we used to love so much!)
There is another “room space” between those bedrooms, so it’s not just one sheetrock wall separating those satellites. That space contains two bathrooms, one opening to each bedroom. Inside both bedrooms, there are built-in double door (solid wooden) closets, 3-sets, each located side-by-side built along the wall shared with the bathrooms.
So for 6Ghz WiFi satellite in one bedroom to interfere with the other bedroom satellite, a wireless signal would have to penetrate a solid wooden closest wall, a poured concrete wall, tiled bathroom walls, tiled shower stall, another poured concrete wall, and another solid wooden closest door.
There is rebar in both concrete walls, as well as metal conduit for all electrical wiring runs, metal HVAC ducting running inside the poured walls up to high vents in each bathroom, plus copper hot and cold water pipes.
If you could get an upload/download speed of 100Mb/sec thru all that, we’d have to name it a Houdini WiFi signal!
Thanks for your comments, but with the latest software update, I think my 3-node mesh Orbi system has stabilized (I’m still evaluating, and it hasn’t helped that ATT has been doing fiber reconfigurations last Thur/Fri that bled into Sat, and I think the internet issues I’ve had with my network are related to the ISP, and not with the latest NG WiFi 7 mesh system).2000sq ft home is really too small for the RBR and two RBS.
I wish there was a power setting in the BE series so we could turn that power down. 🙁
