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SXK80 router as satellite?
Hi all, So I see the SXK80 2 pack on a mega deal, it if I purchased 2 is there any way to use the second router as a satellite or anything else useful?
Electric1 wrote:
Does anyone know of a sensible and high speed way to connect my wired NAS over Wi-Fi? I can’t seem to find any Wi-Fi 6 to LAN bridges.
Start with a network cable connecting the NAS direct to the router. Reliable, the best speed available for this undefined NAS, .... Wi-Fi isn't made for this. Unless you strongly believe in marketing. Possible compromise connect it to the SXS80 satellite where i understand you have two available.
A network cable isn’t really feasible which is why I’m asking the question 🙂
Originally I was using an Orbi satellite in the loft, but with this it will be expensive, overkill and also cause interference being so close to the next satellite. (The room almost directly below)
Originally I was using an Orbi satellite in the loft, but with this it will be expensive, overkill and also cause interference being so close to the next satellite. (The room almost directly below)
- Forgot to mentions its a Synology DS923+ used mainly for backup and hosting some media files for the TVs.
Oh and yet another wireless device for connecting a NAS Gigabit port (note your nice Syno does support two, or can be extended easily with Multigig/10 Gb) to a wireless system does magically save money, does not cause additional interferences? There are reasons why Syno and QNAP have even stopped supporting USB Wi-Fi dongles (!!!). The Orbi Pro satellite is just yet another sophisticated and powerful Wi-Fi 6 to LAN bridge.
- I apologise in advance if I misread the tone or content but…
Enough with the preachy preachy….
Adding an extra satellite in the loft just to provide LAN for the NAS is expensive, overkill, and it will be accepting connections and steering other clients. While a Wi-Fi adapter in client mode may well be using channels and bandwidth that’s a lot less ‘Bad’.
(Yes we can go on about if the Wi-Fi client goes via a satellite or not and the impact on the back haul but I digress..)
The reason (I hazard a guess) Synology and others you mentioned, stopped supporting usb dongles and not specifically Wi-Fi, is they probably got tired of having to support it indirectly. Specifically for Wi-Fi dongles, someone who can’t figure out a way to do it without usb is also the kind of person that will contact them without being able to diagnose the Wi-Fi is the problem.
All this nonsense about how NAS couldn’t possibly survive over Wi-Fi is exactly that nonsense. Streaming, backup and other protocols are made to handle broken connections. If I’m willing to sacrifice channels for convenience that’s my choice.
Anyway, i think it’s fairly obvious anyone even posting on this forum knows a wired solution is the best, and if that were at all possible I wouldn’t have asked the question right? I know it’s not an ideal solution but constructive help would be appreciated rather than preach-splaining how very very wrong I am to even consider such a thing!Any chance you have coax by it and could use a moca adapter? or a powerline adapter?
That'd be your next best bet.
If not, you could always go with the cheaper SXS30 as compatibility was added in version 4.0.0.118 firmware for the SXS30 to be used with the SXR80
https://kb.netgear.com/000064664/SXR80-SXS80-Firmware-Version-4-0-0-118
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