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RBW30 Wall Plug Satellite causes disconnects with RBK50
Per background in this thread, I am continuing to get disconnects with an iPhone that are caused to RBW30 wall plug satellite. This has come back again, after firmware updates to the latest vers...
As it's not really documented - I'm not convinced it's a great idea to combine the "small" RBS40 Satellite or RBW30 Wall-plug Satellite with thier 2x2 AC 867 Mbit backhaul with the "big" 4x4 AC 1733 Mbit backhaul - if this is a) possible at all, and b) meaningful.
Only for the Orbi Outdoor RBS50Y the compatibility is documented (because it can work with some Orbi and the Orbi Pro: "Requires Orbi Router (RBR50, RBR40, RBR20 or SRR60 – sold separately)" [this part would be very clear] "or use with your existing Orbi WiFi System" [and that's more then vague again].
Some clarification by Netgear is required here.
However, in other threads we see the RBK50 Paired With Two RBW30 ...
I suffered from disconnects too when the connection between RBW30 and RBR50 wasn't great.
I wanted to use the RBW30 to strengthen the signal in my garden shed.
Now that i have moved the RBW30 in the house having a good connection stability is great.
What's most disappointing is that 2 devices inside my garden shed (a 5$ sonoff (ESP8266 ) and my pool commander) are having decent connections to the RBR50, while the RBW30 was having connection issues just outside the shed. That's not what you would expect from a 150$ repeater from the same ecosystem.