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Riclo
Aug 18, 2021Tutor
Ajout d'un répéteur à un orbi RBR50
Bonjour, Je suis équipé d'un orbi RBR50 et deux satellites RBS50. Ma connection est bonne à 'intérieure mais pour l'améliorer à l'extérieur j'envisage d'ajouter un répéteur (par exemple le EAX15) s...
plemans
Aug 18, 2021Guru - Experienced User
There is the RBS50Y that is an outdoor orbi extender that would integrate.
you can add a standard extender but it wouldn't integrate with orbi or use the dedicated backhaul
Riclo
Aug 26, 2021Tutor
plemans wrote:There is the RBS50Y that is an outdoor orbi extender that would integrate.
you can add a standard extender but it wouldn't integrate with orbi or use the dedicated backhaul
Thanks for your response. I can't unfortunately use the RBS50Y since I don't have access to a plug outdoors.
Can I ask you what you mean when you say the extender wouldn't integrate with Orbi or use the backhaul? Would it actually extend the existing orbi mesh network? Thanks in advance.
- plemansAug 26, 2021Guru - Experienced User
You can add extenders but they won't integrate as part of orbi. meaning they won't use the dedicated backhaul (that keeps speeds higher and latency lower). Plus they won't roam as efficiently as they would as part of orbi.
You have the RBR50 system so compatible satellites are:
RBS20
RBW30
RBS40
RBS40V
RBS50
RBS50Y
- RicloAug 26, 2021Tutor
plemans wrote:You can add extenders but they won't integrate as part of orbi. meaning they won't use the dedicated backhaul (that keeps speeds higher and latency lower). Plus they won't roam as efficiently as they would as part of orbi.
You have the RBR50 system so compatible satellites are:
RBS20
RBW30
RBS40
RBS40V
RBS50
RBS50Y
Thanks a lot for the detailed response, i really appreciate it.Can I push my luck and ask you which of these models you would recommend in my specific situation, where I'm mostly trying to increase range (rather than speed) from a unit placed inside near a window to a location outside which is approximately 20/30m away with no obstacle other than the window?
- plemansAug 26, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Main difference between them?
The rbs50 series has the 1733mbps backhaul.
the other series have a 866mbps backhaul.
they're all going to have about the same range.