Orbi firmware update v2.1.4.16 availability

To tanws2005, post 419.  

I have no experience with a Cisco router, so I'm assuming it is this device that connects to your internet service and handlse your routing needs, eg firewall, NAT, DHCP, security, port management if any, etc.  Having these services delivered by your Cisco means you must put your Orbi router into AP mode, which is your intention.  Does the Cisco also handle WiFi?  If so, disable it.

• Question 1, your wiring is correct, whether its AP mode or not.
• Question 2, yes you can have a wired backhaul with your RBR50 in AP mode.  This is how I have mine set up although I have only one satellite.

If your Cisco router delivers a good service to you now then that should be preserved, because AP mode disable the Orbi system's router functions altogether.  It's just a WiFi distribution system, which I have used now in AP mode for around 3 months quite satisfactorily, more recently with FW v2.1.4.16, and a wired backhaul.

Prior to setting up the Orbi system, download the latest 2.1.4.16 firmwear and save it.  Put the satellites in the same room as the router for setup.  Connect the RBR50 to the Cisco as per question 1, and connect your PC/Mac to a port on the Cisco. Switch on the RB50 and the two RBS50s, but do not cable-connect the satellites yet.  On your browser enter "orbilogin.com" (If this doesn't work, the defaule IP address is 192.168.1.1).  Once the router fires up, follow the steps, including letting it find the satellites.  At this stage, you should be connected, but in this basic form you are in router mode at the starting point for detailed configuration.  At this point, click on the Advanced tab, go to Advanced Setup, and choose the second item "Router/AP Mode".  You will be presented with a couple of squares, the right one of which is AP mode.  Choose this, then hit "Apply".  When you recover from this, you will be in AP mode with all your settings inherited from the Cisco router.  Don't forget that the default IP address for the Orbis before AP mode is 192.168.1.1, but if your Cisco router has a diffent IP address, like 192.168.100.1, then your Orbis will inherit the IP addresses allocated by the Cisco's DHCP server.    You may have to search for them in the Cisco's connected devices.  I recommend that in your Cisco router you assign reserved IP addresses for your Orbis so these addresses are constants.  I have mine set up as 192.168.100.40, and 192.168.100.41.  

Assuming you have success here, you can load the Orbi router and satellites in different tabs on your browser, and look at the attached/connected devices to prove that everything works.  Under the RBR50's Advanced tab, goto Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings.  I have everything checked, and my system continues to run just fine, but others have reported mixed success with some of the se settings.  For your information, Daisy-Chain Topology means that your furthest away satellite connects to your next satellite, then to the router.  The unchecked alternative is a star topology where all satellites communicate with the router, like the spokes of a wheel.  I have just one satellite so for me it's either or, but in your case, this setting may have more meaning.

If all is OK so far, move the satellites to their destination, still on wireless for the time being, and recheck.  It seems that others have had success leaving the system in wireless backhaul mode for a day or two to let it settle down.  Then you can try connecting your ethernet cables to the satellites.  Many contributors to the Orbi forum have had success if their internet cable between the router and satellite(s) is as direct as possibe, eg bypassing switches, and indeed mine is configured this way.  

I hope this has been helpful and you have success.  Good luck