HiI use Orbi Wifi 6 (RBR850 and RBS850) and in bridge mode as an access point. The RBR850 is connected to my network over the WAN port and the RBS850 (satellite) is also connected to my network over LAN1.However, i have not found any way to check whether this is correctly connected over the web GUI, i.e. it works correctly. Although i have great WiFi signal in the apartment, but i'm still not sure whether both the router and the satellite really do their job correctly.If i take the LAN cable from the satellite, i see it at least in the web GUI as Backhaul = Good, but as soon as the cable is on, this entry disappears. I don't know if that's correct.I also noticed that i can activate the guest WiFi over the web GUI, but if you connect to it then you won't get an internet connection. So i wonder if the guest network works in the AP mode, because the Orbi app, for example, cannot find my router / satellite either, so i do everything using the web GUI.I hope an orbi professional can help me a little.Thank you very much for your efforts.Greeting

Unfortunately you encountered an old problem, sometimes already discussed in the forum. For example:https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/RBK853-wired-satellite/m-p/1881688 https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/RBR850-Access-Point-wired-backhaul-amp-security-issues/m-p/1897441

What is the Mfr and model# of the LAN switch in between the RBR and RBS. Yes, as Kildare posted, this is a problem that some of us ran into starting with v10.11 FW and all recent versions. All prior versions do not have this problem with using a LAN switch in between the RBR and RBS when in AP mode. I recommend you open a support ticket and let NG know if your problem. https://www.netgear.com/support/#Until NG gets this fixed, couple of options:Direct connect RBS with out a LAN switch resolves this. Though in most cases you can run a long LAN cable thru the home from the RBR to the RBS. Change the RBR back to router mode then the status will appear correctly for the RBS connected thru a lan switch. Revert back to v3.2.9.2 then RBS status will work while in AP mode with a switch in between. smflux wrote:HiI use Orbi Wifi 6 (RBR850 and RBS850) and in bridge mode as an access point. The RBR850 is connected to my network over the WAN port and the RBS850 (satellite) is also connected to my network over LAN1.However, i have not found any way to check whether this is correctly connected over the web GUI, i.e. it works correctly. Although i have great WiFi signal in the apartment, but i'm still not sure whether both the router and the satellite really do their job correctly.If i take the LAN cable from the satellite, i see it at least in the web GUI as Backhaul = Good, but as soon as the cable is on, this entry disappears. I don't know if that's correct.I also noticed that i can activate the guest WiFi over the web GUI, but if you connect to it then you won't get an internet connection. So i wonder if the guest network works in the AP mode, because the Orbi app, for example, cannot find my router / satellite either, so i do everything using the web GUI.I hope an orbi professional can help me a little.Thank you very much for your efforts.Greeting

HiThank you for the feedbacck. Today I didn't connect the RBR to my network over the WAN port, but over LAN1 (RBR-> LAN1-> Switch) and now i see the RBS as a wired connection and backhaul in the web GUI.I use Unifi US8 switches in my network.Basically everything works, but the web GUI (view) does not give me such a sophisticated impression. Greeting

So if your using the LAN port of the RBR to connect to your main network, I presume your front LED is on and PINK? I should be if your not using the WAN port for the RBRs connection to the main network and internet services. This is a problem still as the WAN port is used in both router and AP mode operation so that the front LED correctly indicates RBR operational status.

Yes thats right, but witch port on the RBR is the right when i want use it as a Access Point WAN oder LAN?I think at Netgear one assumes that 90% of the customers use Orbi as a router and not in bridge mode.Greeting

Orbi Wifi 6: Bridge-Mode over LAN

15 Replies

kildare
Luminary
May 01, 2020
Unfortunately you encountered an old problem, sometimes already discussed in the forum.

For example:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/RBK853-wired-satellite/m-p/1881688

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/RBR850-Access-Point-wired-backhaul-amp-security-issues/m-p/1897441
FURRYe38
Guru
May 01, 2020
What is the Mfr and model# of the LAN switch in between the RBR and RBS.

Yes, as Kildare posted, this is a problem that some of us ran into starting with v10.11 FW and all recent versions. All prior versions do not have this problem with using a LAN switch in between the RBR and RBS when in AP mode. I recommend you open a support ticket and let NG know if your problem.
https://www.netgear.com/support/#

Until NG gets this fixed, couple of options:
Direct connect RBS with out a LAN switch resolves this. Though in most cases you can run a long LAN cable thru the home from the RBR to the RBS.

Change the RBR back to router mode then the status will appear correctly for the RBS connected thru a lan switch.

Revert back to v3.2.9.2 then RBS status will work while in AP mode with a switch in between.
smflux wrote:
Hi
I use Orbi Wifi 6 (RBR850 and RBS850) and in bridge mode as an access point. The RBR850 is connected to my network over the WAN port and the RBS850 (satellite) is also connected to my network over LAN1.
However, i have not found any way to check whether this is correctly connected over the web GUI, i.e. it works correctly. Although i have great WiFi signal in the apartment, but i'm still not sure whether both the router and the satellite really do their job correctly.
If i take the LAN cable from the satellite, i see it at least in the web GUI as Backhaul = Good, but as soon as the cable is on, this entry disappears. I don't know if that's correct.
I also noticed that i can activate the guest WiFi over the web GUI, but if you connect to it then you won't get an internet connection. So i wonder if the guest network works in the AP mode, because the Orbi app, for example, cannot find my router / satellite either, so i do everything using the web GUI.
I hope an orbi professional can help me a little.
Thank you very much for your efforts.
Greeting
- smflux
  Aspirant
  May 01, 2020
  Hi
  Thank you for the feedbacck. Today I didn't connect the RBR to my network over the WAN port, but over LAN1 (RBR-> LAN1-> Switch) and now i see the RBS as a wired connection and backhaul in the web GUI.
  I use Unifi US8 switches in my network.
  Basically everything works, but the web GUI (view) does not give me such a sophisticated impression.
  
  Greeting
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    May 01, 2020
    So if your using the LAN port of the RBR to connect to your main network, I presume your front LED is on and PINK? I should be if your not using the WAN port for the RBRs connection to the main network and internet services. This is a problem still as the WAN port is used in both router and AP mode operation so that the front LED correctly indicates RBR operational status.

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