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Building an extended home network with Netgear
Hi! I tried but was not successful in finding information on how to extend my wifi home network with either MESH, extenders or secondary router(s). The key point is that my house has three floors an...
If you're hardwiring in, you can pickup some satellites to add to the lbr20. it can use the RBS10, RBS20, RBW30, RBS40, RBS40V, RBS50, RBS50Y
https://kb.netgear.com/000065169/Which-Orbi-routers-and-satellites-are-compatible
Sometimes its cheaper to snag a renewed kit or new kit like the rbk43 system and get the 2x satellites versus trying to buy them separate. (and then you have a backup router or a router you could sell to recoup some costs)
Thank you for the comment. Do you know if I can have mixed satellites? One would be hard wired over ethernet and the other wireless backhaul?
The Orbi LBR20 is still needed sine it is the only router connecting to the operator over the 4G/LTE. The RBK43 kit or other satellites are wifi + 802.3 (gigabit ethernet) only and need a modem or similar for the WAN connection. LBR20 would function in this role. Although I'm not sure if I can set it in a bridge mode. The AP setting is greyed out.
There are some threads about it on this forum but they somehow seem to always talk about bringing in the WAN over copper, fiber or other means and just provide a RJ45 connector to the MESH-master. So, I know really how if the LBR20 could be used with other MESH devices and how it should be configured.Yes you can mix satellites between different satellites and between hardwired/wireless backhaul