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New Netgear Orbi RBK852 Bugs
I purchased the new Netgear Orbi Wifi 6 router and satellite from my local Best Buy yesterday. The new router is starting to be released nationwide. It was so frustrating trying to get the route...
Yes I strand corrected. Just checked my 852 and I guess the spec sheet reads backwards.
I thought mostly reading the numbers from left to right always started with the 2.4Ghz radio. The spec sheet reads with the 2.4Ghz as the last value.
Sorry for posting incorrect information. Spec sheet is kind of mis-leading from other spec sheets I read for other Orbi routers which read with the 2.4Ghz radio value first. So yet, the 1200 is the max speed rate on 2.4ghz and 2400 is seen on the 5Ghz radios.
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FWIW: The term backhaul is used by Netgear (and the wireless industry in general) for both wireless or wired connections.
At this price tag, customers can indeed expect reliable firmware without guesswork of what is connected where - even if the "less common" (and obviously mostly untested - so where are the "proud" Beta testers here?) wired backhaul the App or the primary router Web UI must be able to fetch the information from the satellites so a correct network layout or at least a list of devices with the correct connection point can be displayed. Of course - from the router prospective - also devices connected to the satellite (wired or wireless) are connected wired.
Sorry Netgear, it can't be difficult to collect the information from all the Orbi satellites and show at the central point in a correct way.
Another product not ready for prime time again. Not even a User Manual is published. But hey, Netgear is obviously not interested in dealing with experienced (and critical) networking people so we never get consumer BU Beta samples. I know ChristineT that this is not your business, but you should take care that all active community members - with reasonable know-how and spending hours every day loading off Netgear community duties here - are honoured (or punished) with that process.
Retired_Member I can understand your frustration.