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jialins
Dec 03, 2019Follower
Differences between Orbi RBR50 and RBR50V2
From local costco, I found RBK53 kit has both revision of RBR50 and RBR50V2. Just wondering what's the differences between these two HW revisions? From the data sheet, I see RBR50 has USB port and ...
FURRYe38
Dec 03, 2019Guru - Experienced User
That is about all that differs between them. Memory and USB port.
The USB port is mostly for Printers and nothing else. Users have asked for Ready NAS support over the years however NG doesn't seem to want to support it as they have removed the USB port in V2 and now from Orbi AX as well. So if you need storage support, I would go with actual NAS device.
Other than these items, the two systems are the same.