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NightKITTEN321
Apprentice
May 13, 2020

Orbi satellites downgraded

If you use a Orbi RBR50 with a RBS50 and pair it with your existing Orbi RBS20 satellites  will it downgrade the RBS50 to operate at the same level as the RBS20s or will each satellite version operat...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
May 13, 2020

No. RBS will not auto downgrade or upgrade. 

 

v16 is the most lastest version of FW. Its now available for both 20 and 50 series systems:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-2-5-1-16-Update/m-p/1897955/highlight/true#M89460

NightKITTEN321 wrote:

If you use a Orbi RBR50 with a RBS50 and pair it with your existing Orbi RBS20 satellites  will it downgrade the RBS50 to operate at the same level as the RBS20s or will each satellite version operate to its optimum performance? I've heard that pairing 20 satellites with a RBR50 works but it nullifies the advantages of the 50 satellites. True?