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wbaxter02
Aspirant
May 29, 2020

Is RBS10 compatible with RBR50

Is the RBS10 compatible with RBR50?
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
May 29, 2020

I think not.  Sorry.  Would love for someone to purchase an RBS10 from Amazon to "find out for sure."  There are several aspects of the "10" systems that appear to be incompatible with other Orbi's.  Such as:

  • No ethernet port, so it is impossible (ever) to set up wired backhaul
  • It is "dual band" rather than "tri band". Both the user and backhaul 5G use the same channel
  • The 5G channel is fixed and cannot be changed by the user.

Sort of "sucks big time" since the RBS10 is (a) relatively inexpensive and (b) readily available.