I just moved to our first house. It has 6 small floors (« half floors », like in zigzag)
The provided router is in the basement, lowest floor, in the fuse box where the fibre plug is.
Next floor, still under ground, is my workshop/office with pc, tv and stuff where I need a lot of stable connection and speed.
Then living room, where I have a direct ethernet plug from the router up there in the wall, then up again, kitchen / entrance, up again, my wife’s office and babies room, up one more our bedroom where we also need stable internet.
Current setup:
ISP provided router plugged into fibre plug
Orbi RBK23 mesh wifi router in living room, plugged using ethernet cable directly to modem in basement.
3 satellites also Orbi, one in my basement, one in entrance, one in our bedroom. There is also an ethernet cable directly linked to router in bedroom, also connected to the Orbi satellite.
My issue is, I want a direct wired connection from or tany wireless connection that’s close to as fast. Walls are thick, european brick walls. The ISP router barely reaches my PC in my basement.. which is not car away.
What setup would you run? Ultimately I will get an electrician to pull a cable from router into my basement to connect via cable to my PC and NAS… but the current wifi setup is so-so, seems to often cut connection moving floor to floor, speeds are far from their max potential.. like 80-150mbs vs 1k mbs wired..
I know very little how routers work. Do I have to use my ISP provided router? Can I buy some much stronger ones?
Is mesh network a good solution? Top floor’s satellite doesnt connect to the others due to 2 half floors separation… maybe add another satellite in my wife’s office to make a relay?
How would you approach such a setup?
Is my Mesh setup too outdated / would a new Orbi wifi7 mesh be a lot more reliable/powerful and provide better coverage through thick walls?
Can you have 2 separate Mesh in 1 house? Or combine 2?
Hi,
I have an older Orbi mesh, Orbi RBK23 with 3 satellites in my home, but it is a house with thick brick walls and many separate floors. I feel like the satellites struggle to communicate well and I lose a lot of internet speed.
Would a Orbi770 with wifi 7 improve things?
If I were to buy an Orbi 770 with 2 satellites, can I combine those with my current satellites or mesh network? To have bigger coverage? Or would the Orbi770 render my old ones useless?
Re: Can you have 2 separate Mesh in 1 house? Or combine 2?
Your best bet?
hardwire in all the satellite and pickup some of the old AC (RBS20/40) satellites and add them.
Unless you're paying for multigig speeds, the older AC mesh system is pretty solid. And your cement/brick walls doing a fantastic job of blocking wifi. Investing in ensuring an ethernet connection in each room you want coverage and picking up an older/used satellite will probably perform better than buying a $2k kit that's still running off wireless that gets blocked.
Invest in that early and then when you need to upgrade for increased wireless speeds, you've already done the hard work. With a wired backhaul the 770 series would perform very similar to the 970 series.
