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desktopdoug
Aspirant
Jun 30, 2022

RBS50 Connection Type 2.4Ghz

Hi,   Looking for some guidance. Had an RBR50 Router and RBS50 Satellite for approximately a year working without any issue, other than needing an occasional reboot, however, in the past month or s...
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 03, 2022

This system is in which geographical region?

 

According to the RBR50 user manual, the frequencies used for backhaul (page 136) are:

http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK50/Orbi_UM_EN.pdf 

 

Those frequencies correspond to:

5.16 - 5.25 is channels 36-48  (Orbi user facing 5G channels in US)

5.745-5-825 is channels 149-165  (Orbi 5G backhaul channels in US)

 

5.18 - 5.24 is channels 36-48 (Orbi user facing 5G in Europe & Japan)

5.5 - 5.7 is channels 100-140 (Orbi backhaul 5G in Europe & Japan)

5.26-5.32 is channels channels 52-64 (future frequencies in Europe & Japan)

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels 

 

Channels 124 and 108 are among those affected by radar (weather & military)

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desktopdoug
Aspirant
Jul 04, 2022

Hey. 

 

I'm based in the UK, so Europe is the region set within the configuration.

 

According to that document you provided the link for, for the EU, the 5GHZ backhaul channel should be 108.

 

Mine is starting out both being on 124, and then the satellite switches to using 108 while the router remains on 124.

 

This shouldn't be happening should it?

 

Thanks

Doug