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Retired_Member
Mar 08, 2022
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Change Orbi RBR 50 with RBK 852

I have an Orbi RBR 50, newly bought the Orbi RBK 852. My question, can I simply replace the RBR 50 with the RBK 852 with the network username and password of RBR 50, that would save a lot of work. Th...
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    plemans
    Mar 08, 2022

    CrimpOn Actually my IoT devices did great when I did a pure wpa3 setup. It was a irobot vacuum that wouldn't connect with wpa3. 

    So I had to go back to wpa2/wpa3 mixed mode (working at that time)

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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 08, 2022

Yes, of course.  Every time I replace a WiFi router I give the new one exactly the same WiFi name (SSID) and password as the old one.

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 08, 2022

I do the same thing. Use the same ssid/password whenever I change routers. 

The only time I ran into issues was when I had a device that didn't support wpa3. 

Otherwise everything has simply connected and worked.