NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
RBK50+RBS50 + addon RBS50v2
Dear community. I have just aquired another sat for my Orbi system to increase range on the 2nd floor, but have issues connecting through my basement patch panel and wall-plug on 2nd floor. Curre...
Nubittos wrote:Current setup is the RBK50 in the basement which is directly wired to my RBS50 in the living-room on 1st floor. I am running with Fiber-router in bridge mode and Orbi in AP mode. All units are updated to latest firmware.
This appears to be saying that there is NO router at all, which cannot work.
2nd floor has been kinda shabby, so I decided to get another sat, an RBS50v2, which I was assured would work just fine with my other units. I have successfully connected the new sat to the router with direct wire, but when connecting through my patch panel that sits next to the router in the basement I dont get a wired connection on 2nd floor. I have tried connecting my laptop to the very same wall plug on 2nd floor and I get a fine wired connection to the Orbi LAN and internet access.
So question is, should the patch-panel not connect me directly to the wall plug on 2nd floor, or does something happen with the signal when going through a patch panel that
Yes, if the patch panel is wired correctly, an Orbi satellite should connect through the patch panel. Your troubleshooting is exactly what I would do:
- Connect satellite directly to router with short ethernet cable - check.
- Connect laptop from 2nd floor through patch panel to router - check
- Connect satellite on 2nd floor through patch panel to router - check.
You might take a look at the Orbi web interface, Advanced Tab, and check the box "Show Statistics". What rate does it show the satellite/laptop connected at on the LAN port that is being used?
