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Setting up backhaul on an AP orbi
Hey folks, I have an RBR50 kit (RBK50) set up where the router is set for access point mode and the satellite is remote. We discovered an ethernet port hardwired into the house (go figure!) and so ...
First of all ! Pair the RBR and RBS via wireless !!
this is my setting now
The orbi's AP mode is not what we think AP mode is.
Kind of like Router mode without DHCP.
You need direct connect the existing router with RBR(WAN port), then connect everything under the RBR. What you connect to the existing router can be used, but can't be seen on the Orbi app, thats why the setallite shows disconnected.
There are no router or routing features working while in AP mode on the RBR. Most it's a switch with wireless radios running.
Any RBS needs to be directly connected to the RBR or thru a switch thats connected to the RBR so the RBS status appears correctly on the RBRs web page and in the Orbi app. Most host routers when RBS are connected to them will not pass thru Orbi traffic between the RBR and RBS correctly which causes the status to not appear for the RBS. So RBS need a direct connection with the RBR or thru a switch that passes all Orbi traffic between them:
TaiwanWu wrote:First of all ! Pair the RBR and RBS via wireless !!
this is my setting now
The orbi's AP mode is not what we think AP mode is.
Kind of like Router mode without DHCP.
You need direct connect the existing router with RBR(WAN port), then connect everything under the RBR. What you connect to the existing router can be used, but can't be seen on the Orbi app, thats why the setallite shows disconnected.
