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Empire014
Aspirant
Feb 17, 2026
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Additional RBS 750 satellite won't connect to RBR 750 Router

I have an existing RBR 750 router with 2 satellites connected to it for about 4 years now, the system is up to date with its firmware and updates. I bought a standalone satellite to connect to the ro...
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    Empire014
    Feb 17, 2026

    Gents, 

     

    Thanks so much for the assist. Talk about Netgear creating a nightmare to add additional equipment after the fact if the firmware doesn't match. 

     

    The original means of trying to do it with the static IP address all initially failed. I ended up doing the following. 

     

    1. Plugging it directly back into the original router.

    2. Find it on the attached devices, take its IP address, and input

      it into the browser. 
    3. It took me to the satellite's standalone Orbi webpage, where I was able to manually update the firmware
    4. Once all of that was done and a power cycle, it showed up as a satellite and then was able to add it to the router network finally. 

     

    Appreciate all the help with this!

Empire014's avatar
Empire014
Aspirant
Feb 17, 2026

Gents, 

 

Thanks so much for the assist. Talk about Netgear creating a nightmare to add additional equipment after the fact if the firmware doesn't match. 

 

The original means of trying to do it with the static IP address all initially failed. I ended up doing the following. 

 

  1. Plugging it directly back into the original router.

  2. Find it on the attached devices, take its IP address, and input

    it into the browser. 
  3. It took me to the satellite's standalone Orbi webpage, where I was able to manually update the firmware
  4. Once all of that was done and a power cycle, it showed up as a satellite and then was able to add it to the router network finally. 

 

Appreciate all the help with this!