RBK12 Router as AP

[gabugman1]

Need some assistance with a hypothetical set up. Have an existing mesh network with router and 3 satellites. Can I hang an additional router off the last satellite (via mesh network) and feed a hardwired connection to another nearby building?

Thanks in advance!

Bug

[plemans]

You can but you'd want it setup in access point mode to prevent a double nat. 

And that 2nd router would need to be hardwired into the satellite. 

(I've actually done that before to feed a separate home as well)

[CrimpOn]

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@plemans wrote:

And that 2nd router would need to be hardwired into the satellite. 

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This assumes the existing satellites are not RBS10, which have no Ethernet port.

https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/orbi/RBK12.pdf .

[gabugman1]

Which they are.

[plemans]

Tough to connect a router to a satellite when the satellite doesn't have any ethernet ports. 

You might look at getting a system that has satellites that support ethernet. I'd also investigate a triband system and use that for the base system. 

Otherwise, the 2nd systems speed will be limited by the dual bands backhaul speed (which is much slower than the tribands)