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fletcher6490
Aspirant
Aug 08, 2019

Orbi RBk50 and Negear EX8000

Hello,   I'm trying to decide what my best course of action would be for incorporating the EX8000 to an Orbi router and satelite. I have a set of Zyxel AV2000 powerline adapters and I'm wondering i...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 08, 2019

I can confirm that my EX7700 doesn't connect to a RBR50 either. I presume that the Orbi and EX models may not be compatible. 

Blanca_O 

fletcher6490 wrote:

Hello,

 

I'm trying to decide what my best course of action would be for incorporating the EX8000 to an Orbi router and satelite. I have a set of Zyxel AV2000 powerline adapters and I'm wondering if I should use a powerline adapter to connect the EX8000 via ethernet and put it into AP mode. Would this be beneficial or should I keep the EX8000 as an extender?