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AX6000, RBR852, or RBR850 isn't compatible with RBS50Y
So I ran to Best Buy to get the new RBR852 AX6000 Orbi. Hardware installation was easy and quick. I ran into my first issue when I tried to load my backup from my RBR50 but it wasn't compatible ok no...
Hitchcock3 wrote:The RBS50Y still does not show up in the admin interface or on either Android or iOS App.
I am not certain this statement is correct. "Extender Mode" indicates that the RBS50Y is then like any other WiFi extender from any company. It connects to a WiFi network (in this case a Netgear Orbi) using the WPS button (or a web interface), and does what all extenders do. The big difference is that it is one of the few extenders designed to mount outdoors.
Does the device appear not in the "satellite" section of the Orbi web interface "Attached Devices" display, but down below as an ordinary "device"?
I'm really not sure what mode it is in. I followed the process for adding a Satellite. But I did it without using the admin web page or app. I just hit the sync buttons on both devices.
I double checked and contrary to what I said previously, the device does appear in the Admin tools, but it is showing up as a device, not as a satellite. It actually shows up twice. If I hit one of the IPs in the browser it says it can't be reached. If I hit the other IP, it is the extender setup page. I'm not going to go through the extender setup process becasue, as I said, before, it is actually working, so I'm not going to mess with it.
It seems possible that it is in extender mode. If Netgear says it isn't going to work as a satellite I'm inclined to believe them. However from a connecting device perspective there is only one SSID. Using the Wifi analizer (I'm using NetSpot) I see 6 networks with 6 separate MAC addresses for the AP. (Router, Indoor Satelite, Outdoor Satelite, each with a 2.4 and 5Ghz network) I can wonder around the house and yards and I can see the device flipping between the different networks depending on signal strangth.