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Is it possible to pair an Orbi RBS50 satellite with the XR500?
Hello, I've had a good experience with our Orbi setup, but recently with the kids staying at home playing video games every day, the WAN port on my Orbi RBR50 died making it basically useless. ...
The RBS from a Orbi system can only be synced with a Orbi system. You can run a Orbi RBR in AP mode behind the XR router and disable the XR routers wifi for better wifi with the Orbi system.
soulicious wrote:Hello,
I've had a good experience with our Orbi setup, but recently with the kids staying at home playing video games every day, the WAN port on my Orbi RBR50 died making it basically useless.
Since a lot of gaming is going on at our house and we tend to kill routers, I'm looking at the XR500 but I'm wondering if it's possible to use the RBS50 Orbi satellite as a satellite for the XR500? If not a true satellite for the XR500, can I at least use the RBS50 in bridged mode with the XR500 in order to provide LAN ports to some devices that are at the opposite end of the house?
Thanks in advance for your help!
FURRYe38 wrote:You can run a Orbi RBR in AP mode behind the XR router and disable the XR routers wifi for better wifi with the Orbi system.
Is it possible to feed the Orbi RBR the incoming internet signal and put it in AP mode if the WAN port has died?
- I think you'll need the WAN port unless you're able to turn one of the LAN ports into a WAN port if it has an interface. If it does have an interface this may be possible to do from interfaceurl/debug.htm
I haven't used it but I assume an individual satellite won't have this.
