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Orbi Placement

Pistol1957
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Orbi Placement

Is is okay to place the Orbi & modem in an enclosed cabinet or closet?

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@Pistol1957 wrote:

Is is okay to place the Orbi & modem in an enclosed cabinet or closet?


 

 

its prob best not to as you may effect coverage and connectivity 

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TomMac
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Any time you add more walls / materials between the main unit and the sat, you'll be cutting down on signal..

 

That said...in my case a stick built home.... my sat is 40 ft away from the main and it did end up in a closet on a self ( wife didn't want it on her work desk ( happy wife, happy life ))

Tests before and after showed no diiference with  transfer rates as I could tell.

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fliparagon
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Agree with the previous posts about adding more walls/doors just degrades signal ....

 

... but I too also have the base router in a pantry in the garage and have noticed no degradation in signal either.  

Model: Orbi High-Performance AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi System (RBK50)
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