topic Re: Commercial Building Connection Problem in Arlo Pro 2

Commercial Building Connection Problem

moocow47 — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 09:09:15 GMT

I have an Arlo Pro 2 that won't connect outside (125') either because of distance or concrete walls of warehouse might be shortening range. I'd like to either add a Base Station and/or new Netgear Orbi I've heard so much about. Would this solve my problem and which one would work the best? Thank you

Re: Commercial Building Connection Problem

steve_t — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 09:32:04 GMT

You'll need another base station that will be closer to that camera BUT you need an ethernet based internet connection to connect that base to. So you probably need both the Orbi and the base station. You could possibly substitute the Orbi for a range extender or powerline kit if you wanted to reduce costs with some pros and cons and caveats depending on what you choose

Re: Commercial Building Connection Problem

moocow47 — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 09:49:01 GMT

LAN cable or another internet connection would be difficult since I need to put it in a Tenant space. I was orginally going to put a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Extender in until I read about the Orbi being a better choice and neither one needs a cable just a plug and close to the base station to receive signal.

Re: Commercial Building Connection Problem

TomMac — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:13:53 GMT

The Orbi satellite setup does work well for another base ( I do it )....

I would just question the range you stated OR the construction of the walls that can limit ANY wifi signal

( esp since the Orbi tries to link the Sat on a 5 GHZ dedicated backhaul for fast communications )

You do know that the bases can be on ANY access point?? ...they don't have to be on the same system.

So if your tennant space has an internet connection, it could be hooked into that and solve all the distance issues

Re: Commercial Building Connection Problem

moocow47 — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 05:12:05 GMT

Can't I just install a nighthawk AC1900 Range Extender on the roof?

Re: Commercial Building Connection Problem

jguerdat — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:37:59 GMT

Use of a WiFi extender for the purpose of placing a base more usefully is a good solution.