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andrezanin
Aspirant
Oct 22, 2020

Two RBR20 routers to form a MESH network

I have 2 RBR20 routers and I want to set up a Mesh network, but I'm not getting it, one of them works as a satellite? Can I synchronize the 2 RBR20 devices on a wireless mesh network?

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 22, 2020

    Officially there isn't. 

    Unofficially there's a way to do it but it requires quite a bit of effort and risk of bricking your router. So you probably won't find it on the official forum. 

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      andrezanin
      Aspirant
      Oct 22, 2020

      Thank you very much, So I can't make a Mesh network with 2 RBR20 routers via cable or wireless, officially? So it would be useless to form Mesh network?

      Does this model use Circle 1st generation parental control only? Wouldn't it be compatible with the second generation?

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        plemans
        Guru - Experienced User
        Oct 22, 2020
        andrezanin wrote:

        Thank you very much, So I can't make a Mesh network with 2 RBR20 routers via cable or wireless, officially? So it would be useless to form Mesh network?  Potentially you could use one as router and put the other in access point mode. You'd just want to use seperate ssid's on them. Or use google/reddit a little to find the procedure to switch one to a satellite.