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Another great feature was the wired back haul capabilities (as my house is ethernet wired in about half of the rooms) but this feature didn't work at all.
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and I couldn't do the firmware update without hard wiring into the router and the satellite
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Obviously u couldn't hard wire everything, so this is a huge improvement
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Our speeds are almost as fast over WiFi as the are on our hard wired devices
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but they are hard wired off of the Orbi and it all works.
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Switching to wired backhaul, which defeats the purpose of this unit, improved it but not enough for video streaming
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My alternative approach to add a wired basestation through a much more difficult wired solution in an older home.
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but they are hard wired off of the Orbi and it all works.
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signal is very strong and very convenient to have a satellite to connect with some wired devices like Philips hue bridge
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Kept dropping the signal, then actually screwed up my actual internet to the point I could only get it hard wired
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Each satellite has at least 3 ports to hard wire any device with no loss of signal
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The Orbi is a little bit better, especially with the built in 4 port switch so you can add hard wired equipment
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Plus even with hard wire connection our 24 hour cameras lose connection 1-3 times a day for a few minutes
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Bonus is you get additional hard wired outputs wherever the box is
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However, my 40-year-old home’s wiring got overwhelmed by the complexity of the setup
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I have a couple of old devices I can hard-wire into the Orbi satellite in my office
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I was even able to connect my old extenders to the Orbi so that I can hard wire devices into the network
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Additionally, I would have loved some kind of hard wire option like a direct install in a light receptacle/box
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Second, it would have been nice to have some kind of ethernet port like the indoor units for wired backhaul and flexibility
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Doesn't matter where you are in my house, you experience signal strength as though you were hard wired to the modem!
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Problematic - I have not had the unit for a week yet and have had to make 4 or 5 calls into technical support.
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As I can't update, have no support, and am vulnerable, this device is going into the E-Waste pile, after just 6 months of use
