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Orbi with Sky in the UK
Before I consign my Orbi and 2 satellites to the scrap heap, in desperation, has anyone found a stable configuration to use Orbi with Sky fibre? I am connected by Ethernet to the Sky router with its w...
AMGS wrote:
Thank you for the response - in turn:
1) it’s quite a big house around a central large stairwell
2) the first satellite is about 12 feet from the router and the second is about 15 feet from the first---The Satellites should be minimum 30ft apart/from main router as well. Try moving these further apart
3) haven’t tried
4) wireless (I think) - there’s no wired connection between the Orbi units. Enable daisychain topology checkbox is ticked
5) house is old (early 19 C) brick and timber----Brick does an excellent job of blocking wifi. An Excellent Job of it. If you have a solid brick wall in between router/satellites its going to make the wireless backhaul really sketchy. I'd look into wired backhaul whether you use ethernet runs or using powerline adapters to allow a wired backhaul. I know people with concrete/brick have issues with the backhaul, it'll work for awhile and then struggle until they reboot. I know the whole premise of orbi is wireless backhual but some houses are going to struggle with it. You can do the wired backhaul and retain the seamless roaming and still have great coverage with Orbi.
Problem I see for you is if you go powerline, is that it struggles with older wiring. This is true for the homeplug av2 devices.
Thank you for the response - in turn:
1) it’s quite a big house around a central large stairwell
2) the first satellite is about 12 feet from the router and the second is about 15 feet from the first
3) haven’t tried
4) wireless (I think) - there’s no wired connection between the Orbi units. Enable daisychain topology checkbox is ticked
5) house is old (early 19 C) brick and timber
1) it’s quite a big house around a central large stairwell
2) the first satellite is about 12 feet from the router and the second is about 15 feet from the first
3) haven’t tried
4) wireless (I think) - there’s no wired connection between the Orbi units. Enable daisychain topology checkbox is ticked
5) house is old (early 19 C) brick and timber
AMGS wrote:
Thank you for the response - in turn:
1) it’s quite a big house around a central large stairwell
2) the first satellite is about 12 feet from the router and the second is about 15 feet from the first---The Satellites should be minimum 30ft apart/from main router as well. Try moving these further apart
3) haven’t tried
4) wireless (I think) - there’s no wired connection between the Orbi units. Enable daisychain topology checkbox is ticked
5) house is old (early 19 C) brick and timber----Brick does an excellent job of blocking wifi. An Excellent Job of it. If you have a solid brick wall in between router/satellites its going to make the wireless backhaul really sketchy. I'd look into wired backhaul whether you use ethernet runs or using powerline adapters to allow a wired backhaul. I know people with concrete/brick have issues with the backhaul, it'll work for awhile and then struggle until they reboot. I know the whole premise of orbi is wireless backhual but some houses are going to struggle with it. You can do the wired backhaul and retain the seamless roaming and still have great coverage with Orbi.
Problem I see for you is if you go powerline, is that it struggles with older wiring. This is true for the homeplug av2 devices.
- Thanks again. I’ll try moving the satellites further away. Power line - cable from the back of the Orbi router and then via Wi-fi from the wall to the satellites or cables again? Hopefully the wiring isn’t too bad...
So there isn’t anything about the Sky configuration particularly which is problematic?
AMGS wrote:
Thanks again. I’ll try moving the satellites further away. Power line - cable from the back of the Orbi router and then via Wi-fi from the wall to the satellites or cables again? Hopefully the wiring isn’t too bad... I'd go ORbi router---powerline device---powerline device---Orbi satellite. Try to keep wireless out of there.
So there isn’t anything about the Sky configuration particularly which is problematic? Only real way to test this is in the same room with the main router/sky gateway. If your using wireless in that area or a hardwired connection to the main router, is there problems? Or is it only once you leave that area and have the brick blocking signals/causing interference?- Thanks again for your help. Powerlines are ordered.
The signal in the room with the Sky router and Orbi main unit is strong until the whole setup starts to fail, which feels consistent with the backhaul problem you described. So far, system seems stable with satellites located further apart. Many thanks