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Extending Orbi
Can I use either my nighthawk AC5300 or AC2200 as satellites to extend Orbi? If so then how? I would rather use something I already have rather than shelling out another $250 on a satellite.
No, you can't use any Netgear routers as a satellite on the Orbi system. It uses a dedicated backhaul signal between Orbi Router and Orbi Satellites only currently (firmware may add Mesh functionality in the future with hops between Satellites back to the router). I believe this backhaul signal is even setup differently than is normally used, so that further adds to why you can't use other Routers to simulate a satellite.
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No, you can't use any Netgear routers as a satellite on the Orbi system. It uses a dedicated backhaul signal between Orbi Router and Orbi Satellites only currently (firmware may add Mesh functionality in the future with hops between Satellites back to the router). I believe this backhaul signal is even setup differently than is normally used, so that further adds to why you can't use other Routers to simulate a satellite.
loomis1975 wrote:I believe this backhaul signal is even setup differently than is normally used, so that further adds to why you can't use other Routers to simulate a satellite.
no smoke and mirrors stuff here as i believe they just use a different wps password , the syncing of the sat's is just based on wps and the channel runs in the middle or high 5 gig bandwidth
Jagmonkey wrote:Can I use either my nighthawk AC5300 or AC2200 as satellites to extend Orbi? If so then how? I would rather use something I already have rather than shelling out another $250 on a satellite.
the simple answer is no as the way the sat works is different
you can however use the 5300 as a media bridge connected back to the orbi router or sat depending where it is in relation to ether of the above
the ac2200 might just be a different kettle of fish
you could try pushing the wps button on the orbi router and the wps button on the ac2200 and see what happens as you never know :)
