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cabchop
Tutor
Dec 14, 2020

RBR850 and RBS850 in AP mode with RAX80

Hello all.   I have a few questions and wanted to lean on the experts :).     I have several (6) Cat5 wires throughout the house.  They terminate in one location down in my basement (which is whe...
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Mstrbig
Master
Dec 14, 2020

First off if you have cat5 cable, you should upgrade it for the faster speed throughput. 

You should not lose any quality or WIFI speed if you use the RAX80 as the primary router and Orbi in AP mode. The specs are very close.

Don't quite understand your question. If you are referring to satellites, they should be plugged into the RBR850 router, if you want wired backhaul. Wireless backhaul is a different story. However you can plug both satellites into the RBR850 router or a switch connected to the RBR850 router, or run wireless backhaul.

 

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    cabchop
    Tutor
    Dec 14, 2020

    Thanks mstrrbig.

     

    The question was can I maintain the hardwire mesh connection witih the RBR and RBS plugged directly into the RAX80 router?  The answer appears to be no, which means I need a cable to the RBR wan and a cable from the RBR lan to the RBS or to a switch that is connected to the RBS.  So two cable are needed to and from the RBR850.

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      Mstrbig
      Master
      Dec 14, 2020
      cabchop wrote:

      Thanks mstrrbig.

       

      The question was can I maintain the hardwire mesh connection witih the RBR and RBS plugged directly into the RAX80 router?  The answer appears to be no, which means I need a cable to the RBR wan and a cable from the RBR lan to the RBS or to a switch that is connected to the RBS.  So two cable are needed to and from the RBR850.

      You could try connecting your WAN and LAN port of the RBR850 to the RAX80 and then connect the 2 satellites to the RAX80. You may have issues or it may work. Or connect Orbi router WAN to RAX80 and ORBI router LAN and both satellites to a switch.

      My home was initially setup a similar way before I installed a wireless mesh system. I had 2 routers connected to the main router. The main router was connected to a switch in the garage, with a WAN and LAN port connection. Then the other 2 routers were connected to the same switch from their LAN ports. The main router was the DHCP server and it covered my entire 2 story home. 

      Now my Orbi router is connected via WAN to the ARRIS ISP modem and LAN to a 16 port switch. From there I have cables going to wired devices and 2 satellites. Each satellite has an 8 port switch connected to them, connected to wired devices. Of course my wireless devices use the Wireless Mesh system.