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Re: How to get an RBS40 working with nighthawk rax120 ?

dunkens
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How to get an RBS40 working with nighthawk rax120 ?

Hi

 

Is it possible to add and rbs40 to an rax120 router ?

Want to use the rbs40 as an extender

 

How should it be setup in that case ?

rbs40 is wired

 

the rbr40 is broken ,

 

 

 

Model: RBS40| Orbi AC2200 Tri-band WiFi (Add-on Satellite)
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Re: How to get an RBS40 working with nighthawk rax120 ?


@dunkens wrote:

Hi

 

Is it possible to add and rbs40 to an rax120 router ?

Want to use the rbs40 as an extender

 

How should it be setup in that case ?

rbs40 is wired

 

the rbr40 is broken ,

 

 

 


The RBS40 is a satellite. You need an Orbi hub to make it work.

 

 

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Re: How to get an RBS40 working with nighthawk rax120 ?


@dunkens wrote:

Hi

 

Is it possible to add and rbs40 to an rax120 router ?

Want to use the rbs40 as an extender

 

How should it be setup in that case ?

rbs40 is wired

 

the rbr40 is broken ,

 

 

 


The RBS40 is a satellite. You need an Orbi hub to make it work.

 

 

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dunkens
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Re: How to get an RBS40 working with nighthawk rax120 ?

As the sat has been in the network eariler , cfg with the same wifi settings as the rax router it seems to work .......

 

the orbi sat is connected via wire to a diffrent part of the house , and there is full wifi coverage  , if the sat is turned off it became a deadspot

and if i login to the sat i can see devices connected to it

 

Connected Devices

Attached Devices

Refresh
IP Address Device Name MAC Address Connection Type
192.168.0.3 Sony Xz2 38:78:62:01:C3:56 5G
192.168.0.13 Unknown 00:0E:58:5D:F6:3C 2.4G
192.168.0.22 LAPTOP-ZENBOOKU 10:02:B5:2B:38:92 2.4G
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FURRYe38
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Re: How to get an RBS40 working with nighthawk rax120 ?

I have noticed that if the RBS is initially setup with a Orbi router, and you remove the Orbi router and replace it with a non Orbi router, leaving the RBS connected via LAN cable, the RBS seems to work well as a wired AP. I would presume that if the RBS was factory reset that it would need to be setup with the Orbi router again to make it work as the RBS doesn't have any settings in it's UI for configuration. It's configuration is automatic from the Orbi router. 


@dunkens wrote:

As the sat has been in the network eariler , cfg with the same wifi settings as the rax router it seems to work .......

 

the orbi sat is connected via wire to a diffrent part of the house , and there is full wifi coverage  , if the sat is turned off it became a deadspot

and if i login to the sat i can see devices connected to it

 

Connected Devices

Attached Devices

Refresh
IP Address Device Name MAC Address Connection Type
192.168.0.3 Sony Xz2 38:78:62:01:C3:56 5G
192.168.0.13 Unknown 00:0E:58:5D:F6:3C 2.4G
192.168.0.22 LAPTOP-ZENBOOKU 10:02:B5:2B:38:92 2.4G

 

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dunkens
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Re: How to get an RBS40 working with nighthawk rax120 ?

Thnks , then its why its working as a ap 🙂

 

Then ill just keep the same settings and it should be alright 🙂

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FURRYe38
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Re: How to get an RBS40 working with nighthawk rax120 ?

Enjoy. Smiley Wink


@dunkens wrote:

Thnks , then its why its working as a ap 🙂

 

Then ill just keep the same settings and it should be alright 🙂


 

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