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Bruno235
Aspirant
Apr 25, 2018

Using another Orbi Router as a Satellite

Hi, I've bought a while ago a RBR50 router with one satelite (both working fine).

Latter on, bought a RBR40 with anohter satelite. The idea was to include these latest two as satellites of my old network (RBR50). 

I could manage to connect the new satellite to the old network, however, the RBR40 router is not getting in sync with the old network, tryting to create his own (even though it is not wired).

Can someone give me a hand and do let me know how to set this RBR40 router as a satellite of my old RBR50?

Many thanks in advance.

Best regards.

Bruno

Installation

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    • Bruno235's avatar
      Bruno235
      Aspirant
      Apr 25, 2018

      Thanks Shaw for your response. Do you know how to access the router config to change it to ap mode?

      I've downloaded the Orbi app in my iPhone however I do not find how to change it to AP mode within the app. Then the app shows me one IP address which I can't reach through Chrome; therefore, don't know how to reach the router config to do the mentioned change. Any idead?

      Thanks

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Apr 25, 2018

        Do you have a PC or a laptop with a wired LAN cable connection? If so, connect a PC to the back of the router and configure it's web page for AP mode using a browser connected to 192.168.1.1.

        Bruno235 wrote:

        Thanks Shaw for your response. Do you know how to access the router config to change it to ap mode?

        I've downloaded the Orbi app in my iPhone however I do not find how to change it to AP mode within the app. Then the app shows me one IP address which I can't reach through Chrome; therefore, don't know how to reach the router config to do the mentioned change. Any idead?

        Thanks