RBS50Y Is not a satellite only a connected device?

Hello all again. 

This weekend, I followed the suggestions by a previous post. I struggled to get the RBS50Y to sync and connect to the Orbi Router for nearly an hour and a half of trying. It shouldn't be this hard in this day and age to set up an expensive piece of kit like this. Eventually I got it to regognise and connect as a Satellite. I then connected the indoor satellite so I now have the Orbi Router + Orbi Indoor Satellite + RBS50Y Outdoor Satellite.

What I didn't know until now and was not evident when initially setting up the Orbi RBS50Y Outdoor Extender, was the difference between 'Satellite' mode and 'Extender' mode and how this was the initial cause of my issue of not seeing the Outdoor Extender in the Satellite list. It is a flaw by Netgear in their set-up instructions as they don't make it clear when initially setting up.

The difference is this: By default, if you have an Orbi Router, your RBS50Y Outdoor Extender (a misnomer if there ever was one) automatically becomes added as a Satellite. If you have a router brand other than an Orbi router, you need to configure it to become an 'Extender'. When I was initially setting up, I was given this option. so logicaly, based on the name of the product - Orbi Outdoor EXTENDER, I chose the extender option rather than the satellite option didn't I! Hence it didn't show up as a salellite but as a connected device like all my other connected devices. Go Netgear!

I hope my explanation here helps some other poor soul who, no doubt, will too experience what I have. What a waste of time. BTW, I'm not that impressed with the backhaul coverage of the Outdoor Extender but that is for another topic thread.

Thanks again to those who have assisted me.

Cheers - Winco