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jayrg's avatar
jayrg
Follower
Dec 27, 2018

Using rbs50 from another package

A friend has offered to give me his rbk50 with 2 satellites. I already have an rbk50 with 1 satellite.

Is there any reason I can't use the satellites from the other package with my existing setup?

Thanks,

Jay
Installation

5 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 27, 2018

    No reason at all, they are the same 50 series satellites used in the RBK50 series kits. You can hook up additional satllites. You can't use the RBR50 router as a satellite, works only in router or AP mode. No satellite support there. 

     

    Enjoy. 

    jayrg wrote:
    A friend has offered to give me his rbk50 with 2 satellites. I already have an rbk50 with 1 satellite.

    Is there any reason I can't use the satellites from the other package with my existing setup?

    Thanks,

    Jay

     

  • walder's avatar
    walder
    Guide
    Feb 16, 2019

    I am in the same situation, so would like to know how this went for you ... were you able to get the satellite from another bundled pair working perfectly for you?

    • ekhalil's avatar
      ekhalil
      Master
      Feb 16, 2019
      walder wrote:

      I am in the same situation, so would like to know how this went for you ... were you able to get the satellite from another bundled pair working perfectly for you?

      walder I tried this before without issues. there should absolutely no reason why this would not work.

      • walder's avatar
        walder
        Guide
        Feb 16, 2019
        ekhalil wrote:

        walder I tried this before without issues. there should absolutely no reason why this would not work.

        Thank you ekhalil. I saw that the satellite was pre-configured to the router in the a bundle that i purchased, hence the concern on getting a satellite that has been previously configured to a different router. Does the action of syncing with a different router unit overwrite the pre-configuration on the satellite?