I upgraded my AC3000 mesh to the AX6000 mesh. I want to continue to use my Orbi Voice in the garage to listen to music and turn lights on/off with Alexa. Can I connect the RBR50 router to the new system in AP mode then have it broadcast the same SSID and continue to use the Orbi Voice and Alexa commands in the garage?

Something you can try bug it may cause problems. You should set a different SSID name and be sure to use far separate channels on each RBR. 1 for 2.4Ghz and 11 for the other. Same with the 5Ghz radios.

Can I ethernet connect the old RBR50 in AP mode to the new RBR850 and broadcast the same SSID?

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FURRYe38
Guru
Mar 13, 2021
Something you can try bug it may cause problems. You should set a different SSID name and be sure to use far separate channels on each RBR. 1 for 2.4Ghz and 11 for the other. Same with the 5Ghz radios.
- dklimas
  Apprentice
  Mar 13, 2021
  It did indeed work (Alexa works too) but I did notice I don't have any Voice control settings in the app for the RB40V like I did before. Not a deal breaker. I'm just glad I can control smart devices in the garage through the RB40V. I also didn't see a way to hide the RBR50's SSID like I could prior to upgrading to wifi 6.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Mar 14, 2021
    Glad you got it working.
    
    Ya, hidding SSIDs are not supported on Orbi AX.
    
    Enjoy. :smileywink:
ekhalil
Master
Mar 14, 2021
dklimas wrote:
I upgraded my AC3000 mesh to the AX6000 mesh. I want to continue to use my Orbi Voice in the garage to listen to music and turn lights on/off with Alexa. Can I connect the RBR50 router to the new system in AP mode then have it broadcast the same SSID and continue to use the Orbi Voice and Alexa commands in the garage?
You can also connect the Orbi Voice as a wired Satellite to the Orbi AX6000 then you can have it as part of the mesh.
- dklimas
  Apprentice
  Mar 15, 2021
  ekhalil wrote:
  dklimas wrote:
  I upgraded my AC3000 mesh to the AX6000 mesh. I want to continue to use my Orbi Voice in the garage to listen to music and turn lights on/off with Alexa. Can I connect the RBR50 router to the new system in AP mode then have it broadcast the same SSID and continue to use the Orbi Voice and Alexa commands in the garage?
  You can also connect the Orbi Voice as a wired Satellite to the Orbi AX6000 then you can have it as part of the mesh.
  Good to know but in my case I don't have ethernet in the garage.

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Can I ethernet connect the old RBR50 in AP mode to the new RBR850 and broadcast the same SSID?