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TheSalamander
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Aug 19, 2021

RBK852 New Owner - so far so good (Nest, Amazon Echo/Fires, Ring, August etc) with Google Fiber

Just received my RBK852 and after updating to firmware 4.6.3.9 I've gone through the somewhat tedious task of remapping my WiFi devices that were on separate 2.4/5Ghz WiFi SSIDs to a single Mesh WiFi...
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TheSalamander
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Aug 20, 2021

I believe the Google Fiber Jack is the GLFT132 from looking at images on Google's website. I don't want to remove it to look at the back as I've only just got things back up and working after a lightning storm fried all the old gear.

 

So my setup is:

 

Google Fiber Jack GFLT132 <-> Orbi RBR850 (3rd floor) <-> Orbi RBS850 (2nd floor)

 

The 3 Nest's are all connected to the C-wire and:

Nest 1st floor is 40 ft from the RBS850

Nest 2nd floor is 40 ft from the RBS850

Nest 3rd floor is 8 ft from the RBR850

 

I did experience one oddity last night which prevented all my 2.4Ghz devices from connecting. I accidentally changed the main SSID Passphrase instead of the guest. I changed it back, all the 5Ghz devices auto reconnected, none of the 2.4Ghz devices did. I then restarted the 2.4Ghz wifi which had some devices reconnected, and then I rebooted the router which solved the issue.

 

Alex

 

 

 

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    TheSalamander
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    Aug 25, 2021

    A quick update as I know from reading the forum some people are having issues with the v4.6.3.9 firmware / RBK85x series. So far my setup continues to work fine. I have ordered an extra satellite which arrives tomorrow and will allow for more wifi coverage across the back garden. The only real oddity I have noticed is an infrequent disconnect/reconnect of a wifi device, but this has happened far less the last 24 hours once I stopped renaming/remapping/starting and stopping things but is something to keep an eye on.

     

    I have in general kept the default settings for WiFi etc, and once I've had another week or so to confirm things are stable I may make a few tweaks.

     

    I just tried a speed test on my Dell XPS 13 9300 running Windows 10. Connected via the 5Ghz WiFi to the satellite which has a hard wired backhaul. I received 5ms ping; 239 Mbps download; 119 Mbps upload. 

    Doing a similar speed test on my Intel NUC connected via ethernet I get 4ms ping; 699 Mbps download and 940 Mbps upload.

     

    regards

     

    Alex