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bloosqr
Aspirant
Oct 20, 2026

RBE970 satellite does not bridge traffic between its own 5 GHz and 6 GHz clients (V12.1.11.15)

System: RBE971 router + 3x RBE970 satellites, all on firmware V12.1.11.15 (no newer firmware offered). Main SSID on 5 GHz + 6 GHz, WPA2-PSK + WPA3-Personal mixed mode, 5 GHz channel 40. IoT SSID is s...
orbi 970 series
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donawalt
Hero - Experienced User
Oct 20, 2026

FWIW,  I don't have any web servers set up, but I did connect my wife's iPad (5 GHz only) and my MacBook Pro M4 (6GHz) via WiFi to the same 970 and tried pings, as that establishes communications back and forth - it worked fine. So at least here, cross-band communication works on the same 970.