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What happens to system speed when a second satellite is added?

john-iv
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What happens to system speed when a second satellite is added?

The extra standalone Orbi satellite is supposed to be available on Amazon on 11/21 .

Does anyone have insight on how a second satellite added to the existing Orbi router + satellite setup will impact performance, if at all? Will it halve it like an extender?

Thanks.

Model: Orbi High-Performance AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi System (RBK50)
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@john-iv wrote:

The extra standalone Orbi satellite is supposed to be available on Amazon on 11/21 .

Does anyone have insight on how a second satellite added to the existing Orbi router + satellite setup will impact performance, if at all? Will it halve it like an extender?

Thanks.


the simple answer is no , as the orbi isnt mesh based as such and both sats connect to the router

 

the 1733M backbone is rwice as much as any one sat can do , eg the orbi system is 867M on 5 gig and 400M on 2.4 gig that is usable by the clients

 

the orbi system atm runs like this

 

sat ---- router ----- sat

 

the orbi system atm does not do

 

router ---- sat ----- sat

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Re: What happens to system speed when a second satellite is added?


@john-iv wrote:

The extra standalone Orbi satellite is supposed to be available on Amazon on 11/21 .

Does anyone have insight on how a second satellite added to the existing Orbi router + satellite setup will impact performance, if at all? Will it halve it like an extender?

Thanks.


the simple answer is no , as the orbi isnt mesh based as such and both sats connect to the router

 

the 1733M backbone is rwice as much as any one sat can do , eg the orbi system is 867M on 5 gig and 400M on 2.4 gig that is usable by the clients

 

the orbi system atm runs like this

 

sat ---- router ----- sat

 

the orbi system atm does not do

 

router ---- sat ----- sat

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Yld2rob
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Re: What happens to system speed when a second satellite is added?

I have 3 total and have noticed no speed reductions

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