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Orbi-CA
Aspirant
Apr 21, 2020

RBS850 broadcasting WPA2 security on 2.4 GHz and Open security on 5Ghz

One of my my satellites is broadcasting WPA2 security for the 2.4Ghz channel and Open security for the 5Ghz channe. I did a wirelss scan using the Wireless Diagnostics tool on my mac and I can see th...
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Orbi-CA
Aspirant
Apr 22, 2020

The factory reset seems to have fixed this. Thank you. Do you know where I can find the exact steps for setting up a wired backhaul for RBS850? I have seen a number of posts but not an official list and the user guide does not have it. One of the satellites is so far away (separate structure in backyard) it needs a wired backhaul. I have seen posts that say all you have to do is to set up the satelllite using wifi, move it to new location, enter an address reservation under LAN settings and connect the ethernet. When I do this it takes several hours or days for the satallite to show backhaul status within the admin UI. It seems to be working during those two days but it's hard to tell. I am not sure why it doesn't show up instantly within the admin UI?

 

 

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Bandito
Luminary
Apr 22, 2020

The only thing you have to do to set up the wired backhaul is to plug one of the satellite's Ethernet ports into one of the router's Ethernet ports.  It's as easy as that.  No need to set up address reservations or anything else.

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    kildare
    Luminary
    Apr 22, 2020
    Unfortunately in AP mode there is no DHCP functionality available in the RBR850, IPs need to be set by the main router/firewall.