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Can I used wired backhaul RBS50/RBS20 with new 860 series ?
I know the wireless backhaul RBS50/RBS20 is not compatible with 860 series. But I can still use RBS50/RBS20 with wired backhaul connected to 860 series and still get the mesh SSID feature working?
Wireless backhaul technology is not the only difference between the oribinal (802.11ac) Orbi product and the newer AX product line. It's a complete redesign. Notice that Netgear's table of compatible products does not even list other AX satellites as compatible with the 860 router. (not even with caveats - footnotes explaining 'not really')
https://kb.netgear.com/000065169/Which-Orbi-routers-and-satellites-are-compatible
And, yes, this is extremely annoying. Invest in a mesh system only to find that what we used to call a "Fork Lift Upgrade" is required.