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dstrausser83
Guide
Jan 10, 2020

AX6000 + RBS50 Satellite's?

I'm seeing mixed messages here. Netgear tell me they won't work but I swear I've seen some posts that say they do work.... and the Orbi page says the routers are backwards compatible....   I basica...
ekhalil's avatar
ekhalil
Master
Jan 11, 2020
Currently you can connect the RBS50 satellites wired (wired backhaul) to Orbi AX. Wireless backhaul support will come later.
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Chuck_M
Mentor
Jan 12, 2020

The proof is in the pudding... look at this screen capture attached.

 

Notice the RBS850 is RF backhauled and the RBS50s (two of them) are hard wired.  Works great.