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andrewsanderson
Aspirant
Dec 10, 2023

RBS50Y connecting to a weak signal

I have recently added a second RBS50Y to try and get a good signal to an outbuilding   The plan was to have this connection Kitchen RBS50 (1)>Garage RBS50Y (2)> Games Room RBS50Y (3) >games room RB...
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andrewsanderson
Aspirant
Dec 14, 2023

Thanks for the suggestion. I've just looked at prices online and it says between $10 and $250 / foot, typically $100. We are on limestone here quite close to the surface so 60 feet at the typical price (there is a lot of rock just below the surface) seems excessive for a cable connecting a single device. I think if that was my only other option I'd spend another day routing a cable along its current path 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 14, 2023

Good Luck.

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    andrewsanderson
    Aspirant
    Dec 31, 2023

    A few free days and I now have a working solution. I have an orbi inside the house, behind point A with an ethernet connection into a point to point wifi link (A). I then have a cable from point B - the other end of the wifi link into the games room. This connects into an orbi at point C which then has a wired connection into my TV device but also gives wifi in the games room. It isn't the solution that I was after and I hoped that the RBS50Y's would work rather than the wifi link but it works. The orbi at point C thinks that it has a wired connection to the orbi at point A.