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RBR850 Changing Guest LAN IP subnet / Guest Wireless subnet- The IP address conflicts with the Guest
When I attempt to change my LAN subnet to 192.168.2.0 I get this error message. "The IP address conflicts with the Guest LAN IP subnet. Please enter a different IP address." So how do I change the...
If you like you can go for changing the guest network reserved address range using telnet commands as follows:
- nvram set lan1_ipaddr=192.168.3.1
- nvram set lan1_gateway=192.168.3.1
- nvram set lan_ipaddr2=192.168.3.1
- nvram set dhcp_start2=192.168.3.2
- nvram set dhcp_end2=192.168.3.254
- nvram commit
- reboot the router
- Set the LAN IP address to 192.168.2.1 in the Orbi web GUI under >> ADVANCED >> Setup >> LAN Setup
The ability to connect the RBS behide LAN switches will add more flexibility. Once I connected the RBS to RBR through an unmanaged Netgear switch GS105NA and to my surprise it worked. The switch also was connected to my desktop downstairs PC through another Linksys unmanaged switch which in turn was connected to few other devices. Later I removed the GS105NA switch and plugged the Ethernet wire going to downstairs PC directly to the back of of the RBS 850.
I firmly believe that wired is still better for my situation regarding the RBS to RBR backhaul because of the many walls and curved hallway inbetween the rooms. I tested the WiFi speed with my phone and with wired backhaul it was 600-650 Mbps but with wireless the speed was only 350-400 Mbps. I will wait to get another RBS 850 to connect wired when available. If I can't survive that long then I will get an RBS50.
If you can get a Ethernet cable down to the lower level in the home, then you could place the one RBS down there.
DoctorA wrote:The ability to connect the RBS behide LAN switches will add more flexibility. Once I connected the RBS to RBR through an unmanaged Netgear switch GS105NA and to my surprise it worked. The switch also was connected to my desktop downstairs PC through another Linksys unmanaged switch which in turn was connected to few other devices. Later I removed the GS105NA switch and plugged the Ethernet wire going to downstairs PC directly to the back of of the RBS 850.
I firmly believe that wired is still better for my situation regarding the RBS to RBR backhaul because of the many walls and curved hallway inbetween the rooms. I tested the WiFi speed with my phone and with wired backhaul it was 600-650 Mbps but with wireless the speed was only 350-400 Mbps. I will wait to get another RBS 850 to connect wired when available. If I can't survive that long then I will get an RBS50.
- Should I sync the new RBS 50 with my RBR 850 first wirelessly or wired syncing? Or just connecting to Ethernet will work?
Thank yy
DoctorA wrote:
Should I sync the new RBS 50 with my RBR 850 first wirelessly or wired syncing? Or just connecting to Ethernet will work?
Thank yyYou just need to connect the cable. If you have never synced the satellite with the router then press the sync buttons both on the satellite and the router after connecting the cable, otherwise syncing will happen automatically.