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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.
Ya, you'll be good with what ever you choose to get.
Regarding Firewall. ALL routers have firewalls, including the Orbi systems. So you could replace the R7000 router if you want to with the Orbi router and still have a secure router. However if your R7000 is working and set up well for you, then of course, disable wifi on the R7000 and install the Orbi as the upgraded wireless AP system. You'll be fine.
mwhalswrote:
I saw on Amazon a review of the rbk53 with a one story ranch house the same size as mine and they said it worked beautifully. We have 7.3 acres, so if the signal spills into our land, that is good since my cell phone would connect in the yard.
Amazon has the RBK53 for $20 more than the price Best Buy has the RBK43, so it is a no brainer for me. Either would work though.
I had planned to disable the R7000 wireless, so it would be one SSID instead of two. The Orbi would be used as an access point. Keeping the R7000 is important to me as it’s firewall has stopped a couple of attacks and the Orbi does not have a firewall. I could use a small Netgear non Wi-Fi router for the same reason. I may do that anyway to save space on the bookcase.
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.
Thanks for all the help that was provided.