Orbi
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Advice about what?
I have been using Orbi in my house for over a year now and find it perfect for me. My house is fairly large and all the walls are solid (not studwork and plasterboard). I get full speed in every room in the house and very good speed in the garden as well. This is the case with up to 12 wifi connections at the same time (not had any more than 12 devices in the house lol). The extra 5Ghz backbone in the Orbi is the reason for this. Normally the more devices connected the lower the download speed, Orbi is different because of the dedicated backbone.
Is it a good choice ? of course i'm going to say yes. If most of your internal walls are studwork and plasterboard though, there might be cheaper options that give just as good results.
Is it a good choice ? of course i'm going to say yes. If most of your internal walls are studwork and plasterboard though, there might be cheaper options that give just as good results.
Mine is the RB50 with just one satellite. The RB50 router is in the downstairs study and the RBS50 satellite is on the upstairs hallway. I think the current Orbi has been updated since i bought mine, so should be just as good if not better. At a guess i would say they are at least 20m apart with 3 solid walls between them.
Any advice on the RKB50?
So I'd plan on getting the standard pair of units to cover a largish 3 bedroom detached house:-
1) My internet comes into my study (which is an extension on the outside of the house - so double brick wall etc coming into the main house) and into my Sky Q router. This router currently gives fairly good internet connectivity around the house, except for a couple of poor spots upstairs.
2) I'd plan on putting one of the Orbis onto the router (in the study in the extension on the side of the house). And then the other on the opposit side of the house (on the ground floor) under the stairs, so in effect with one far left and far right of the house on the ground floor.
3) I'd hope this would then give good coverage to the whole house, and also especially good wireless access to the front door should I want to put Ring door bell there (which is about 10ft away from the stairs where the second Orbi will be).
Couple of questions:-
1) Can you assign devices to their own named groups? eg: Assign all the kids devices to a group call "Kids" to more easily see them? I assume they could still be on the standard wireless network, but just grouped?
2) Can you easily logon on remotely to your Orbi and see what devices are logged on. ie: See which kids devices are logged on? So you can see if the kids phones are connected and they are therefore home?
^ Is this still available with the Orbi in AP mode (ie: Wireless access point onto the Sky Q Router)?
So I'd plan on getting the standard pair of units to cover a largish 3 bedroom detached house:-
1) My internet comes into my study (which is an extension on the outside of the house - so double brick wall etc coming into the main house) and into my Sky Q router. This router currently gives fairly good internet connectivity around the house, except for a couple of poor spots upstairs.
2) I'd plan on putting one of the Orbis onto the router (in the study in the extension on the side of the house). And then the other on the opposit side of the house (on the ground floor) under the stairs, so in effect with one far left and far right of the house on the ground floor.
3) I'd hope this would then give good coverage to the whole house, and also especially good wireless access to the front door should I want to put Ring door bell there (which is about 10ft away from the stairs where the second Orbi will be).
Couple of questions:-
1) Can you assign devices to their own named groups? eg: Assign all the kids devices to a group call "Kids" to more easily see them? I assume they could still be on the standard wireless network, but just grouped?
2) Can you easily logon on remotely to your Orbi and see what devices are logged on. ie: See which kids devices are logged on? So you can see if the kids phones are connected and they are therefore home?
^ Is this still available with the Orbi in AP mode (ie: Wireless access point onto the Sky Q Router)?