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AX6000 + RBS50 Satellite's?
I'm seeing mixed messages here. Netgear tell me they won't work but I swear I've seen some posts that say they do work.... and the Orbi page says the routers are backwards compatible.... I basica...
Perfect. Just tested. Cancelling the Ebay sale. $200 for 3 AC3000s way too low anyways. Has anybody tried using a wireless Ethernet adapter to plus into the adapter to get it to work or does it have to be truly wired? Thank you so much!!
One other final question.... The RBR50. Am I able to convert that to a satellite, wired? Or is that something that I should then sell because I'm only going to ever be able to use as a Router, not a satellite.
Thank you all so much!!
Any Orbi RBR can't work as a RBS. They only work in Router or AP mode.
dstrausser83 wrote:One other final question.... The RBR50. Am I able to convert that to a satellite, wired? Or is that something that I should then sell because I'm only going to ever be able to use as a Router, not a satellite.
Thank you all so much!!
So what I am doing is grabbing a TP Link Powerline adapter. One end goes into the AX router and the other end will go into my RBS50... let's see if it works, otherwise I'm going to buy a ton of cabling :) I'll update if that worked or not.
Thanks all!
Hopefully that will work. I've heard others in the Orbi AC forum mentioning that power line adapters seem to work for them.
I would not recommend TP-Link however. Might see if NG has some or mabye D-Link.
Good Luck.
- Thanks man. I chose the TP Link 1 Gbps adapter just to test as it is only $30. Feeling is I hook one up now with that until wireless backhaul is in full swing.... so considering I dont really need it since AX covers the whole home, this is just to extend it to our large, 1/2 backyard.... it is also temporary sinve I will want the wireless backhaul so I can hook both extender satellites up. Really dont care a huge amount about having WiFi 6 outside so AC3000 will be plenty enough for those moments and for the Arlos and Blinks we have deployed that are AC I believe.
I almoat switched to Velop but two key things had me stay, the possibility of backwards compatibility and ultimately its 2.5gbps for LAN instead of the cap that Velop has... now that I know I can use the RBS's, it has confirmed my decision especially given the the cost I endeared for the AC3000 when new.
Thanks again for all the help. Great community.
