NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
RBR50 satellite
Hi All I have an RBR50 router + RBS50 satellite. Works well, but I need another satellite. I know you can pair RBS20 and RBS40 with RBR50, but will that compromise the overall backhaul speed betwe...
Adding another satellite means that the WiFi channel connecting router to satellites will be shared with three devices instead of two. This additional connection will have a maximum (theoretical) Link Speed of 866Mbps rather than 1733 Mbps for the RBS50. (This is not as terrible as it may appear, since actual WiFi Link Speed never comes anyplace close to the theoretical speed.) This will tend to slow the performance of devices connected to both satellites, but whether users will be able to detect any difference is not certain. My guess is, probably not.
At some point, all of us have to confront the "elephant in the room". i.e., our WiFi5 Orbi systems are almost nine years old. WiFi6 mesh systems are readily available and affordable. Whereas before I could say, "none of my devices support WiFi6 anyway", today both our cell phones, our tablets, and laptops all support WiFi6.
If you can get an RBS40 or RBS20 at low cost, what the heck. Go for it. On the other hand, eventually........
Sorry I don’t follow, how can a device be connected to both satellites? I’ve found an rbs40 and I can cable it to the RBR, does this mean this backhaul issue now goes away?
understand wifi7 is out but I don’t think I need it. The only reason I want another satellite is because I have a room in my house where I can only get about 160mbps wifi speed. I think this is because I’m about 15m away from the satellite through a few walls and my internet is about to upgrade to 500mbps so all I need is another satellite in the same room for one laptop.