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Router and Satellite Placement
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Router and Satellite Placement
Is there a recommended distance the router and satellite should be placed from each other?
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Re: Router and Satellite Placement
I would start at 30ft minimum. Mine is at 40feet and works well in 5000sq ft house.
How big is your home?
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Re: Router and Satellite Placement
Multi story or single level?
If you placed the orbi router at one end and a Satellite at the other opposite end of the house, should be working well. At least 30feet between. Mines 40. Coverage and performance is great here.
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Re: Router and Satellite Placement
Straight distance recommendations are tricky. There is a dependency on how many walls and floors the signal goes through as well as the material used. For an extreme example plaster wall with a wire mesh in it would require them to be much closer together whereas clean line of site would be much further apart.
Ideally you want to put the satellite at the edge of the strong reception area of the router.
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Re: Router and Satellite Placement
In my case I have two walls in between my router and satellite.
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Re: Router and Satellite Placement
Thats realistically too close.
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Re: Router and Satellite Placement
Yes, kind of like having over lapping signals in too close of a range. The router alone can handle probably up to about 30-40feet if centrally place.
10 feet is way too close.
I would not place the rouer in a entertainment cabinet either, maybe on very top of it. Keep the router and satellites in open spaces.
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