AP mode BUG: RBR750 and RBS750 do not operate properly

Its working for me with my 7 series when I tested this on v5 FW:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/Can-t-add-setellites-to-RBR750-in-AP-mode/m-p/2184414/highlight/true#M25879

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AndreGr wrote:

Hello everyone,

seems I have also faced with the issue as many other already posted here on the forum:

Orbi AX4200 RBK753 (RBR750) does not work properly in AP mode with its satellites (RBS750):

1) it cannot pair with satellites;

2) but if paired - it doesn't sync wifi settings to satellites!

 

Netgear, guys, pls, fix this issues with AP mode in RBR750 ASAP!!

 

I have convinced my friend to buy product from Netgear insted of another vendor promising that it works really good, but instead got issue with a such simple but quite common thing as AP mode! As result I have already wasted around 6 hours during last two days until I figured out that issue is actually with Netgear product and not with my network! :smileysad::smileysad::smileymad:

 

So my scenario was the following:

1. I have separate router which manages my internet connections (pfSense based);
2. I have added RBR750 (in AP mode) with 4 Satellites (RBS750) which are connected via LinkSys LGS116 switch;
3. So first of all it took me really much time to sync two additional RBS, until I realized that Netgear made such an obvious BUG in its firmware so it can not sync properly in AP mode, so after switching to Router mode - sync was completed.
4. Then I started setting up WiFi and figured out that WIFI settings were not distributed properly to satellites: NetSpot showed that router and satellites aired wifi in different modes:
   
5. Despite the fact that all satellites a showed as synced (all of the have reserved IP addresses on the DHCP server):
   
6. Only after I switched RBR750 to Router mode (what is not applicable to my network) WIFI settings distributed properly to all satellites:
   
7. I do confirm that Router and all Satellites are updated to the latest firmware version (4.6.5.14).

 

There are several related topics:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/RBR750-in-AP-Mode-on-same-network/td-p/2159382

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/Can-t-add-setellites-to-RBR750-in-AP-mode/m-p/2183490

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/Orbi-RBR750-and-RBS750-not-syncing-in-AP-mode/m-p/2163873

 

Some of them have marked as solution recommendation to switch to Router mode, but that is not a solution - that is just some temporary workaround which cannot be accepted as solution.

 

Netgear, pls address this issue as soon as possible!!

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