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Two RBR50 routers, + one satellite
Can your hardwire an RBR50 router (WAN port connected to cable modem in basement) to another RBR50 router upstairs and have the second router serve as the "primary" router in an RBK50 router+satellit...
Thanks -- but can the upstairs router in AP mode also link/send signal to a satellite elsewhere in the house?
xrabbi wrote:
Thanks -- but can the upstairs router in AP mode also link/send signal to a satellite elsewhere in the house?
Absolutely. A common reason to use AP mode is when the ISP device must remain in router mode and the customer wants to avoid a "Double NAT". Putting their WiFi system into AP mode results in having "one router". People do it all the time.
Thanks, will try and report back. But confirming that no way to have the Orbi router in the basement be set to passive/bridge mode and have the one upstairs do all the work -- is that right?
That is correct. Orbi's have only two modes: router and access point. Bridge mode in the basement leaves all those basement devices without a connection to upstairs.