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OrbiRocks's avatar
OrbiRocks
Guide
May 03, 2020

Extending Orbi with EX3700

I have a Netgear EX3700 extender that I'd like to use as an Extender and install in a nearby shop building and connect it to the closest sattelite on my Orbi RBK23 system. But it doesn't seem to be w...
CrimpOn's avatar
CrimpOn
Guru
May 03, 2020
OrbiRocks wrote:

Yes, that is the device.  I can connect to it after I have set it up, but I have no internet.

Does the device get network setup information:

  • IP address?
  • Gateway IP address?
  • DNS IP address?

Since the Orbi is in Access Point (AP) mode, the Gateway and DNS IP addresses should be identical to every other device, and the device IP address should be in the same "subnet" as the other WiFi devices.

OrbiRocks's avatar
OrbiRocks
Guide
May 04, 2020

Does anyone know if the Netgear AC750 (or AC1200) are able to daisy chain off an Orbi Sattelite, and act as another sattelite ?

  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru
    May 04, 2020
    OrbiRocks wrote:

    Does anyone know if the Netgear AC750 (or AC1200) are able to daisy chain off an Orbi Sattelite, and act as another sattelite ?

    The answer to this is very clear.  No way.  Never.  Can't be done.  Only an Orbi "satellite" has the firmware  needed to act as a "satellite".

    I still think it should be possible to connect an "extender" as an "extender".  The "satellite" functions simply will not apply.  For example, when a device "roams" from one Orbi toward another, the Orbi's communicate and use WiFi standard protocols to suggest that the device move from one access point to the other.  Not going to happen with the extender.

     

    • OrbiRocks's avatar
      OrbiRocks
      Guide
      May 04, 2020

      Do you know this for a fact?  The two Netgear models I posted say they work with Mesh systems

       

      .NETGEAR WiFi Mesh Range Extender EX6150

       

      • CrimpOn's avatar
        CrimpOn
        Guru
        May 04, 2020
        OrbiRocks wrote:

        Do you know this for a fact?  The two Netgear models I posted say they work with Mesh systems

         

        .NETGEAR WiFi Mesh Range Extender EX6150

         

        "Work with" is  not the same as "function exactly like an Orbi satellite."  They should function with an Orbi the same way they function with any other brand of router (Netgear, Linksys, D-Link, TP-Link, etc. etc.)  Notice the description, "Works with any standard WiFi router".

        http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/EX6150.pdf