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DoctorA
Nov 02, 2019Luminary
Orbi WiFi 6 Router AX6000 / RBR850 New Firmware V3.1.6.11_1.1.5
What is new? My wish list: 1.Wireless connectivity to Orbi Outdoor WiFi Range Extender (RBS50Y) since it is only wireless with no Ethernet ports. 2. Wireless connectivity to RBS50 satellite. It wa...
sabeens
Nov 04, 2019Aspirant
Is this a fw already out? Not seeing it on my end. Desperate need of a new one, really having some weird behavior I need help on.
Chuck_M
Nov 05, 2019Mentor
That is the FW that was available under ADVANCED, ADMIN tab and FIRMWARE UPGRADE.
If that is not showing, I would recommend a factory reset and subsequent setup where it should check for that. (Sounds like you should do one anyway!)
The above is what I did (I actually took an extra step and factory reset AFTER the firmware upgrade just to ensure there were no hanging "chads")
I have to say, my AX is working now like a champ including the included RBS-850 sattelite AND two RBS-50 hardwired Sattelites as well that go to a separate building.
I have also found that the RBR-850 and RBS-850s have a MUCH wider range of coverage to wireless devices that under the old RBR-50 and RBS-50 were minimal signals... now they are maxed out. Said another way, unless you have separate buidlings you want to cover, there may not be a need for the average home (3,000-5,000 sq/ft) to have additional sattelites.
Final note & lessons learned: I had forgotten you have to enable remote management in the GUI before the app would let you do management outside of the LAN (e.g. WAN).
I had tried to hard wire to old RBR-50 in AP mode, but the system didnt like that, so I took the RBR out and replaced it with an RBS hardwired, and POOF, Bob's your Uncle! Worked great.
The biggest pain so far is transferring ownership of the old RBR-50 to a friend of mine. Why isnt transfer an online function for registered owners?