RBS50 Connection Type 2.4Ghz

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desktopdoug wrote:

 

- Is there any way to force the device only to use 5Ghz for backhaul?

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No. The user has only one option: install an Ethernet cable connecting the satellite to the router. For most of us, this is simply impractical because of the physical layout of the building.

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desktopdoug wrote:

 

- Is there another way to see connection health, as it just always says 'Good'.

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Yes, but it is not trivial. The steps are:

• Enable telnet on the router by downloading and running this Python script:
  https://github.com/bkerler/netgear_telnet
• Use a telnet program such as PuTTY or the telnet program buried in the Windows "Turn Windows Features On or Off" to connect to the router using its IP address (usually 192.168.1.1)
• Log into the router using the web credentials ("admin" plus your router password)
  Type the command satelliteinfo wifi
  This will output information about the link between each satellite and the router. Here is what mine showed recently:

root@RBR50:/# satelliteinfo wifi
[
  {
    "mac address" : "A0:04:60:xx:xx:xx",
    "hop" : "1",
    "bridge mac" : "A0:04:xx:xx:xx:xx",
    "backhaul conntype" : "5GHz",
    "backhaul rssi" : "-68",
    "backhaul macaddress" : "A0:04:60:xx:xx:xx",
    "backhaul phytxrate" : "780",
    "backhaul phyrxrate" : "780",
    "backhaul parentmac" : "A0:04:60:xx:xx:xx"
  },
  {
    "mac address" : "14:59:C0:xx:xx:xx",
    "hop" : "1",
    "bridge mac" : "14:59:C0:xx:xx:xx",
    "backhaul conntype" : "5GHz",
    "backhaul rssi" : "-59",
    "backhaul macaddress" : "",
    "backhaul phytxrate" : "866",
    "backhaul phyrxrate" : "650",
    "backhaul parentmac" : "A0:04:60:xx:xx:xx"
  }