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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...
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.
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
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
All I need to know is if it will connect to an Orbi sattelite and supply a connection to the internet. The main Orbi device is too far away, so it will have to connect to a sattelite. The EX3700 does not seem to be able to do this.
OrbiRocks wrote:All I need to know is if it will connect to an Orbi sattelite and supply a connection to the internet. The main Orbi device is too far away, so it will have to connect to a sattelite. The EX3700 does not seem to be able to do this.
I do not have a Netgear "extender". However, I do have a TP-Link TL-WA855RE extender, which I purchased specifically to test issues with 2.4G IoT devices. It is only capable of 2.4G, which is one reason it cost $19.99.
http://download.fp-usa.com/product_docs/wifi-adapter/TP-Link-TL-WA855RE-Ver2.pdf
Just now, I plugged it in next to my Orbi RBS50 satellite and did the "WPS Sync". As the attached screen shot shows, Orbi Attached Devices shows that the WA855RE is now connected to the satellite (at 2.4G which is all it can do). It has automatically created a WiFi access point called ("MyOrbiName-EXT"). I hauled out an old laptop and connected to this new WiFi network. Got an IP address. Open a web browser and "it works." The laptop shows up on the Orbi Attached Devices display as connected to the satellite.
Can I "guarantee" that a Netgear "extender" will work? Well, unless it is drastically less capable than my $20 TP-Link extender, I certainly hope so. (My last guarantee was that "you know who" could never win the nomiination, much less the election. After the way THAT turned out, no more guarantees!)