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Connecting Orbi router to a Nighthawk?
Hello. I'm sure someone may have already asked this but I could use some help. I am trying to connect my orbi router with a cat7 ethernet out to an outside building. I have the cable ran from house ou...
The cable should be connected to the WAN port in the Nighthawk.
Will Nighthawk's radio range interfere with Orbi's? If yes then you have to use a different SSID and r adio channel for the Nighthawk than the one in Orbi to avoid degradation in the Orbi.
- Thank you for your fast reply. I dont understand your statement. What do I need to know/do to figure that out? Inside my out building I cannot get the orbi signal from my house. the outbuilding is about 120 feet away and it is a metal building. This is why I chose to run the cat7 underground and hardwire devices in order to ensure i can get internet in the outbuilding.
mirama44 wrote:
Thank you for your fast reply. I dont understand your statement. What do I need to know/do to figure that out? Inside my out building I cannot get the orbi signal from my house. the outbuilding is about 120 feet away and it is a metal building. This is why I chose to run the cat7 underground and hardwire devices in order to ensure i can get internet in the outbuilding.120 feet is quite a long distance, so I don't think you need to worry about the radio interference from the Nighthawk.
If there is not continuity between the Orbi system and the distant house there is not much advantage if you get an Orbi Satellite instead of the Nighthawk. The only advantage would be that you will be able to manage the whole network from one place (your browser or the Orbi phone app).
Regardng the cabling the color coding of cat7 cable is the same as cat6. But I think there are special modular plugs (shielded) for the cat 7 cables that are slightly different than cat 6.
A common mistake (that I once did) is to not use the small canal piece (see picture below) that comes with the plug without which the wires will never be in place. :)
- Thank you again. I will try some more things tomorrow.
- Would it easier if I went out and bought another orbi device to connect the orbi router with the cat7 cable?
The only other thing I'm questioning is that I had to put a new rj45 connector on the cat7. I wondered if cat7 cable accepts the same rj45 connector as a cat7. I wired it all up and used a tester to check. according to the tester everything is wired correctly and it is grounded.