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Orbi to improve coverage?
My house is 2650 square feet and is one level. My R7000 is about 1/3 back from the front of the house and 2/5 from the right of the house. I have a poor signal in the room at the right back of the hou...
- With the Orbi issues, I decided to try relocating my AC1900 Nighthawk to the other side of the office. This was great as it covers the whole house now. No need to get the Orbi in my opinion.
Thanks for all the help that was provided.
My R7000 can not touch the back corners of the house. Either direction, it has to penetrate a bathroom and/or utility room. My house is much longer than it is deep. if I have the plugin Orbi on either end and a smaller Orbi router, maybe it would be good. I would have 30-40 feet distance between each satellite and main router. The two satellites would be 100 feet apart.
I also want my full speed internet in those back corners, so just having a signal is not good enough.
I could put the Orbi more centered since I have Ethernet in our living room area. I will try my router in that location. That will give me more information to figure it out. Maybe a more powerful router is a better option.
I also want my full speed internet in those back corners, so just having a signal is not good enough.
I could put the Orbi more centered since I have Ethernet in our living room area. I will try my router in that location. That will give me more information to figure it out. Maybe a more powerful router is a better option.
Well the wifi power and range on the R7000 is different and probably lower than the Orbi system.
From my placement and range and operation in my house, I get to spec speeds with the Orbi router and 1 Satellite. Been amazing range and performance for my sq footage house.
If you doing 100feet then ya you may need more than one Satellite.
I would first test the Orbi router and just 1 Satellite first, test the range and performances. Then add as you need. They can be daisy chained from what I'm told.