RBK12 Router as AP

Question

Need some assistance with a hypothetical set up. Have an existing mesh network with router and 3 satellites. Can I hang an additional router off the last satellite (via mesh network) and feed a hardwired connection to another nearby building?

Thanks in advance!

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plemans · Answer

You can but you'd want it setup in access point mode to prevent a double nat.&nbsp;
And that 2nd router would need to be hardwired into the satellite.&nbsp;
(I've actually done that before to feed a separate home as well)

CrimpOn · Answer

plemans&nbsp;wrote:
And that 2nd router would need to be hardwired into the satellite.&nbsp;

This assumes the existing satellites are not RBS10, which have no Ethernet port.
https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/orbi/RBK12.pdf&nbsp;.

gabugman1 · Answer

Which they are.

plemans · Answer

Tough to connect a router to a satellite when the satellite doesn't have any ethernet ports.&nbsp;
You might look at getting a system that has satellites that support ethernet. I'd also investigate a triband system and use that for the base system.&nbsp;
Otherwise, the 2nd systems speed will be limited by the dual bands backhaul speed (which is much slower than the tribands)

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