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DoctorA
Oct 26, 2019Luminary
RBK852 devices connected through ethernet ports are slow.
It is encouraging that some people are using this new system without any major bugs. Thank you FURRYe38 all other for your contribution. My laptop or desktop connected through ethernet ports of bo...
- Oct 31, 2019
Problem solved.
Connecting the ethernet wire from RBR 850 to RBS 850 must be the last step of the set up.
First I made sure the RBR setup is complet while RBS is not connected to the power. Connection speeds: Laptop wired: 950Mbps, I-phone XmaxS 650 Mbps in the same room.
Then I factory reseted the RBS and synced wirelessly with RBR 35 feet away.
After the Blue light on RBS is turned off and my I-phone Xs Max showed 400 Mbps, then I connected the in wall Cat 6 Ethernet wire from the cenral room where ONT, RGW and RBR 850 are. The wired backhaul method gave higher wifi speeds than the wireless backhaul. On I-phone Xs Max I got 600-650 Mbps. All the devices connected to the back of RBS are fine and my HTPC desktop 2 floors down gets 950-1000 Mbps.
My phone still gets 250 Mbps 2 floors away. Is this sattelite stronger than RBS50?
This 2 node system covers 5000sq f
DoctorA
Oct 28, 2019Luminary
Is this double NAT condition?
RGW is in passthrough mode and NAT server is off and wifi antennas are off.
FURRYe38
Oct 28, 2019Guru - Experienced User
You would need to input the IP address that the RBR gets from the modem router in to the Default Internal Server box if you want to run the RBR in router mode with the modem.
- DoctorAOct 28, 2019Luminary
Thank you
I can't input the IP address in pass through mode. It is grayed out on ATT pass through mode page.
After puting the ATT in pass through mode it automatically recognizes the RBR's mac address and fills out the box after I select it from the list. The last digit of this mac address is 9 but on the bottom of the orbi RBR everything is the same except the last digit is 8. why is it different and which mac address should I put? Manually or from dropdown menu?
- schumakuOct 29, 2019Guru - Experienced User
DoctorA wrote:After puting the ATT in pass through mode it automatically recognizes the RBR's mac address and fills out the box after I select it from the list.
Perfectly correct.
DoctorA wrote:The last digit of this mac address is 9 but on the bottom of the orbi RBR everything is the same except the last digit is 8. why is it different and which mac address should I put? Manually or from dropdown menu?
Netgear does print the router LAN MAC on the label - multiple router interfaces must have have a slightly different MAC, typically -1. So you have to use the automatically recognized one (or manually enter the same - not the LAN MAC!).
- DoctorAOct 31, 2019Luminary
Problem solved.
Connecting the ethernet wire from RBR 850 to RBS 850 must be the last step of the set up.
First I made sure the RBR setup is complet while RBS is not connected to the power. Connection speeds: Laptop wired: 950Mbps, I-phone XmaxS 650 Mbps in the same room.
Then I factory reseted the RBS and synced wirelessly with RBR 35 feet away.
After the Blue light on RBS is turned off and my I-phone Xs Max showed 400 Mbps, then I connected the in wall Cat 6 Ethernet wire from the cenral room where ONT, RGW and RBR 850 are. The wired backhaul method gave higher wifi speeds than the wireless backhaul. On I-phone Xs Max I got 600-650 Mbps. All the devices connected to the back of RBS are fine and my HTPC desktop 2 floors down gets 950-1000 Mbps.
My phone still gets 250 Mbps 2 floors away. Is this sattelite stronger than RBS50?
This 2 node system covers 5000sq f