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Solution to replace my Spectrum router
Newest spectrum router in office, wife has signal stability issues in living room about 60 feet from router, also 2 outside cameras have poor signal, about 45 ft from router on outside of rock wall, another is 25 ft away has an excellent signal, I set the cameras up on 2.4 from spectrum
Is there an Orbi mesh system that will solve my problem?
Was also reading about the Eero 7 system
Thanks
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Rock is great at blocking wifi.
How big is your home?
What are the interior walls made from?
What speeds do you pay for?
Do you game?
How much streaming do you do?
Whats your budget? (pointless to recommend something outside of the budget)
Rock is great at blocking wifi.
Sheetrock is just the name of a specific brand of drywall - often used generically. It is gypsum plasterboard, and has minimal impact on wifi signals.
The exterior rock wall is another matter - it will definitely block wifi.
wifi has signal stability issues in living room about 60 feet from router, also 2 outside cameras have poor signal, about 45 ft from router on outside of rock wall,
An Orbi would help inside. Though if it is practical to run an ethernet cable to the living room, you could also use a wifi extender there that would be cheaper.
The outdoor cameras might be more difficult. If there is a window that faces the cameras, you could put an extender there (or an orbi mesh element). Or get an outdoor wifi solution, and run ethernet to it. If the extender uses power-over-ethernet, then you'd need to put a power injector indoors (to add power to the ethernet cable).
where we use wifi must be roughly 2000
Whats your budget? $600
An orbi 370 with two mesh elements total would run about $200. The 770 model with 2 mesh elements would perform better, but would cost about $500. A three mesh element 770 would cost abuot $600. All these are USD prices from https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/ - you might be able to find something cheaper at other storefronts.
The puzzle here is whether the three mesh system would be enough to reach the outdoor cameras through the rock wall. It might not be.
4500 but where we use wifi must be roughly 2000
What are the interior walls made from? sheetrock
i can place a satellite just inside a window roughly 15' from the two cameras with a poor signal no
? 1g
Do you game? no
How much streaming do you do? just spectrum xumo boxes
Whats your budget? $600
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use 200 or 450 house, sheetrock, no games, only sumo boxes for tv streaming, $600
spectrum xumo boxes
In this situation, Spectrum customers have a plethora of options. A lot depends on whether Spectrum provides telephone service through the cable service and how much it costs to rent the existing Spectrum WiFi router.
Some examples:
- Spectrum provides WiFi "Extenders" at $5/month each which will extend coverage considerably. It appears there is no long term commitment, so it would be relatively inexpensive to get a couple of them and "see what happens". i.e. try Spectrum extenders for a month and "see how it goes". Spectrum remains responsible for service and repairs. This might provide enough relief that you can study options and come up with a deliberate plan.
- WiFi extenders are available from lots of vendors (look on Amazon) One-time cost. No monthly commitment. These work best to support WiFi devices which are not mobile.
- Mesh WiFi systems are also available from vendors such as Asus, eero, Google, Netgear, TP-Link, Ubiquiti in a wide variety of models and prices.
thanks
- Spectrum provides WiFi "Extenders" at $5/month each which will extend coverage considerably. It appears there is no long term commitment, so it would be relatively inexpensive to get a couple of them and "see what happens". i.e. try Spectrum extenders for a month and "see how it goes". Spectrum remains responsible for service and repairs. This might provide enough relief that you can study options and come up with a deliberate plan.
I'd probably give the RBE773 a chance. Its a pretty solid performer and should cover the whole home with next gen speeds. This guy does some pretty good reviews and can give you some basics.
https://dongknows.com/netgear-orbi-770-series-wi-fi-7-mesh-review/
