Recent content by cutepolarbear

HAHA. Of course it's physically possible to run a physical ethernet cable to middle of the floorplan, my wife will probably divorce me / my dog will chew it up in no time. I'll try the 2 unit mesh and see how that goes.

I took my old 8 year old orbi with 2 orbi extenders and using it in my apartment. With main unit, no sattelite, no wifi deadspots but definitely very weak signal at farthest end. I currently have the Orbi main unit at lower left corner (internet source), 1 orbi satellite to the right, and...

Area of high rise apartment roughly 1700 square feet. 2.5 bed rooms and 2 baths and 1 guest shower. Flooring is concrete, walls are mostly drywall with metal studs, quite a lot of them, including closets. Floor plan for rooms are fairly rectangular and stacked 2 x 4. bath has marble walls.

Right. I had a mesh because I was living in a fairly big home in the suburbs. Recently I moved into a 1700 square foot apartment highrise, so likely I don't need a mesh. There's more noise / walls and etc., I guess with high rise apartment. Perhaps like you mentioned, just go with a reliable...

Thank you both for input. Prior to my Orbi, I remember going through wireless router / hell / reliability (odd) problems with different routers, including Asus, Linksys, Netgear, and etc., I guess newer technology / features (wow..almost 8 years since RBR50 was introduced) and what not brings...

Hi, I am not very technology savvy and went with RBR50 (very first gen orbi I think) when it first came out for my home wifi (stock latest firmware), and been happy with its reliability overall. With a lot more household members and the corresponding devices (connected, wireless devices, home...