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I need help Please!!!! Mesh issues
I need your help! So I have a long rectangular property and I have a front house then a garage then a backhouse at the end of the property. Total about 13,300 sq ft. I bought a rbk53 system I place one satalite right when you enter the main house then going up twords the end of the front house is my modem I hooked up the router then I keep going and got to my garage I place a router outside (inside a weather/water resistant box) on the top of my garage then i kept going to my backhouse I had purchases a additional satalite (rbs50) and placed it right at the beginning of the backhouse. So now the fun starts it shows my 1st satalite (front) is connected to the router (perfect) my second satalite at garage (which is placed after my router ) is connected to the router (perfect) now the next satalite the last one is supposed to connect to the second satellite (at the garage) but it wont instead it connects to the router and since the router is further out it wont get top speeds but it wont connect to the closer satalite ( second one by the garage). Someone please help. Daisy chain is on and I just updated the system to 2.1.1.16
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v2.1.1.16 has a bug where the attached devices display is wrong. Most devices show as connected to the router, even when they are connected to the satellite. I'm not certain if the bug afffects the display of attached satelllites, but that could be your issue.
If you can get Internet through the third satellite then it's probably working OK.
Orbi isn't really designed to provide coverage across three buildings, as you are using it. However, I know someone who is using it this way for a business, and he is happy with it. I believe he gets about 5-10 Mbps throughput. Maybe you will get lucky.
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The update I mentioned is in this thread: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/OrbiOS-2-1-1/td-p/1476960
But, if it your WiFi is working on 2.1.1.16, then you don't need to update, unless you really need to see an accurate device list.
Are you getting through to the Internet on the third satellite? What sort of speed are you getting?
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Hi,
btw thanks for responding. Yes there is internet but super slow. My internet speeds are set at 300 mbps but from that satalite I get about 40-70 mbps then it will drop the connection. It seems as if it is connected to the router and not the nearest satalite.
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Well, 40-70 Mbps is much faster than I would expect you to get with your configuration. If you didn't have the dropped connections, you would be good. To help eliminate the drops, all I can suggest is to try to place things so the second satellite has clear line of sight to the router and to the third satellite. With that kind of distance, you are not likely to get a 5 GHz backhaul, so you will not get full speed.
Do you know whether your weatherproof enclosure is attenuating your WiFi signals?
You might need to return Orbi and go with a solution that's designed for your situation. If you want to link buildings like you are doing you should run Ethernet or use wireless point-to-point links, which have directional antennas on each side.
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