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who help me with my ORBI RBR50 and RBS50 with firmware 2.0.1.4
Hi, I bought this ORBI system 2 weeks ago.(RBR50 and RBS50). after installing these devices in AP mode, and after update, I encounter continious problems with Wifi. Let me explain how this is ...
Deech123 wrote:
so as everybody describes, the wire on the RBR50 goes NOT in the yellow WAN port but in the first free network port at the back.
This causes that the RBR50 is always on with purple led. (when I put it in the yellow wan port, then the satellite is never found)
the RBS50 is 15 meter further away and is always changing from amber to blue.
That's not right. You are supposed to connect your router to the Yellow Internet port on the RBR50. If you don't the magenta light will stay on.
That's how the Orbi documentation says to do it, and that's how my Orbi in AP mode is connected.
Well, I think you are wrong.
if you look a this link : https://kb.netgear.com/000051205/What-is-Ethernet-backhaul-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
look at the last picture, there the RBR50 is connected to the switch and the RBS50 is connected to the switch.
as you see the RBR50 is NOT connected in the yellow port.
the moment I put the cable of the RBR50 in the yellow port, then the purple led is gone, but there is contact anymore between RBR and RBS.