AP mode BUG: RBR750 and RBS750 do not operate properly
Hello everyone,
seems I have also faced with the issue as many other already posted here on the forum:
Orbi AX4200 RBK753 (RBR750) does not work properly in AP mode with its satellites (RBS750):
1) it cannot pair with satellites;
2) but if paired - it doesn't sync wifi settings to satellites!
Netgear, guys, pls, fix this issues with AP mode in RBR750 ASAP!!
I have convinced my friend to buy product from Netgear insted of another vendor promising that it works really good, but instead got issue with a such simple but quite common thing as AP mode! As result I have already wasted around 6 hours during last two days until I figured out that issue is actually with Netgear product and not with my network! 
So my scenario was the following:
- I have separate router which manages my internet connections (pfSense based);
- I have added RBR750 (in AP mode) with 4 Satellites (RBS750) which are connected via LinkSys LGS116 switch;
- So first of all it took me really much time to sync two additional RBS, until I realized that Netgear made such an obvious BUG in its firmware so it can not sync properly in AP mode, so after switching to Router mode - sync was completed.
- Then I started setting up WiFi and figured out that WIFI settings were not distributed properly to satellites: NetSpot showed that router and satellites aired wifi in different modes:
- Despite the fact that all satellites a showed as synced (all of the have reserved IP addresses on the DHCP server):
- Only after I switched RBR750 to Router mode (what is not applicable to my network) WIFI settings distributed properly to all satellites:
- I do confirm that Router and all Satellites are updated to the latest firmware version (4.6.5.14).
There are several related topics:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/RBR750-in-AP-Mode-on-same-network/td-p/2159382
Some of them have marked as solution recommendation to switch to Router mode, but that is not a solution - that is just some temporary workaround which cannot be accepted as solution.
Netgear, pls address this issue as soon as possible!!
Your post made me curious as I have a similar setup (AP + 4 Sats). My setup has a newer FW version, but using wireless backhaul. All 5GHz Channel/Band are as expected. Might want to check out the latest FW version to see if that helps. Good luck!
Its working for me with my 7 series when I tested this on v5 FW:
@AndreGr wrote:
Hello everyone,
seems I have also faced with the issue as many other already posted here on the forum:
Orbi AX4200 RBK753 (RBR750) does not work properly in AP mode with its satellites (RBS750):
1) it cannot pair with satellites;
2) but if paired - it doesn't sync wifi settings to satellites!
Netgear, guys, pls, fix this issues with AP mode in RBR750 ASAP!!
I have convinced my friend to buy product from Netgear insted of another vendor promising that it works really good, but instead got issue with a such simple but quite common thing as AP mode! As result I have already wasted around 6 hours during last two days until I figured out that issue is actually with Netgear product and not with my network!
So my scenario was the following:
- I have separate router which manages my internet connections (pfSense based);
- I have added RBR750 (in AP mode) with 4 Satellites (RBS750) which are connected via LinkSys LGS116 switch;
- So first of all it took me really much time to sync two additional RBS, until I realized that Netgear made such an obvious BUG in its firmware so it can not sync properly in AP mode, so after switching to Router mode - sync was completed.
- Then I started setting up WiFi and figured out that WIFI settings were not distributed properly to satellites: NetSpot showed that router and satellites aired wifi in different modes:
- Despite the fact that all satellites a showed as synced (all of the have reserved IP addresses on the DHCP server):
- Only after I switched RBR750 to Router mode (what is not applicable to my network) WIFI settings distributed properly to all satellites:
- I do confirm that Router and all Satellites are updated to the latest firmware version (4.6.5.14).
There are several related topics:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/RBR750-in-AP-Mode-on-same-network/td-p/2159382
Some of them have marked as solution recommendation to switch to Router mode, but that is not a solution - that is just some temporary workaround which cannot be accepted as solution.
Netgear, pls address this issue as soon as possible!!
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