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NightKITTEN321
Apprentice
May 12, 2020

RBR50 compatible with RBR23 satellites

Hello,

 

Well, I guess I actually have 2 questions. I have a RBR23 with 2 satellites. It currently has 60 devices on it. i was think of upgrading to the RBR 50. 

1- will the RBR50 be a good upgrade or should I go a different route. 

2-  will the satellites from the RBK23 work with the RBR50 if I go that route. 

 

thanks. 

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    May 12, 2020

    1. yes the satellites will work. They're compatible

    2. will it help? Maybe. Reason I say maybe is the RBR50 does have a wider backhaul (1733mbps) but the devices connecting to the rbs20's are still going to have to function off their slower 866mbps backhaul. 

    • NightKITTEN321's avatar
      NightKITTEN321
      Apprentice
      May 13, 2020

      If I added RBS50 satellites with the existing RBS20 satellites would it slow the RBS50 satellites down their speed? I read somewhere it'd slow the 50 satellites speed to match the slower RBS20 speeds. If that's the case it's best to just completely eliminate the RBR20 system and replace with RBR50. 

      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru
        May 13, 2020

        If you go RBR50------RBS50------RBS20

        then the rbs50 wouldn't be slowed down. 

        If you swapped and went RBR50-----rbs20-----rbs50

        Then it would because it'd be running off the rbs20's backhaul.