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Orbi RKB53 global differences
Is there any difference between Orbi RBK53 sold in the US and in Europe? Any differences in supported bands, interference etc.? Or are they interchangable? Planning on buying in US and using in Norwa...
SW_ wrote:
When you boot/setup Obri router in EU or any other regions, it will figure out the correct region automatically. If not, it can still be changed, but you might be running afoul with local channels.
No.
That may apply to hardware bought in the EU, or anywhere outside the USA, but it is not the case for hardware supplied directly from the USA.
The drop down that shows the region is not available on my Orbi devices. It is there on the R7800 router.
I suspect that there are ways to Telnet into the router to change the settings, but I haven't found them.
michaelkenward wrote:
>> The drop down that shows the region is not available on my Orbi devices...
Right, it's disabled on my Orbi as well, but it can be re-enabled via telnet, which is what I did to get that screen capture to show that it's possible to change the region for Orbi regardless of where it's purchased from. I didn't post the changes on how to enable this because I don't want to run afoul with NG IP.
If you are a curious mind, dig around long enough and you will find it. :-)
SW_ wrote:
michaelkenward wrote:
>> The drop down that shows the region is not available on my Orbi devices...
Right, it's disabled on my Orbi as well, but it can be re-enabled via telnet
Thanks. Very helpful.
I'd much rather enable the drop down than try to force a region on the thing.
I will see if my search skills can track it down.
Here are some update pictures to show that region can be changed via Orbi's UI to Europe, Australia, and back to North America.
SW_ wrote:
Here are some update pictures to show that region can be changed via Orbi's UI to Europe, Australia, and back to North America.
Perhaps you are missing the point. Where did you get your hardware from?
The ability to change region depends on several factors. Not least being the geographical source of the hardware. Mine came directly from the maker in the USA. That's why I have so much of this kit.
The laws in Europe and Australia are very different from those in the USA. That's why we need the EU to tame the likes of Google. So stuff that we can change is blocked in devices sold in the USA. Maybe its a Trump thing.
I own an RBR40, RBS40V, RBW30 and RBS50Y. As others, including SW_, have confirmed, the drop down to change the region is blocked in the RBR40 and RBS50Y, as in it does not work.
Fortunately, thanks to SW_, FURRYe38 and ekhalil and Telnet, I managed to change the RBR40 so that it now enables the drop down.
It seems that setting the region to 0x0001 disables the dropdown. Changing it to 0x0002 means that it now works.
It hasn't been that straightforward with the other Orbis, but they work so I am not busting a gut to dig deeper.
michaelkenward wrote:
>> Perhaps you are missing the point. Where did you get your hardware from?...
Not sure why you still think I am missing the point. I can show you another screen shot where it's disabled on my Orbi. Also, if you are curious, my Orbi set was purchased from Costo in the US and I live within a driving distance of Netgear HQ. :-)
If it helps, here is a screen shot before where it's disabled. The reason I enable it on my Orbi was only to help OP and let him know it's okay to purchase from Costco bring it back home to save some money.
If it helps, here is a screen shot before where it's disabled. The reason I enable it on my Orbi was only to help OP and let him know it's okay to purchase from Costco bring it back home to save some money.
(Embedded pictures needs approval, attached files go straight through.)
Something seems to have got lost in translation. To sum things up:
If you buy an Orbi system in the USA, then when you take it home to Europe, for example, there is a good chance that you will not be able use that dropdown to change the wifi region. (And, contrary to what someone said earlier, the hardware does not recognise where you are and change the wireless region accordingly.) It simply does not work for the devices that I listed earlier. The region shows as North America. The drop down is "greyed out". No can change.
If you want to see the dropdown then, as you said earlier, you have to jump through some hoops to get it to work. I followed the guidance from ekhalil.
Also, if you are curious, my Orbi set was purchased from Costo in the US and I live within a driving distance of Netgear HQ. :-)
I wasn't going to mention this, but my Orbi devices came from the Netgear HQ.
michaelkenward wrote:
>> the hardware does not recognise..
It's NOT the hadware, it's software, which has the smart to recognise the right vs. wrong region.
@michaelkenward wrote:
>> The region shows as North America. The drop down is "greyed out". No can change.
You seem to answer your own question here.
michaelkenward wrote:
>> It seems that setting the region to 0x0001 disables the dropdown. Changing it to 0x0002 means that it now works...
michaelkenward wrote:
>> And, contrary to what someone said earlier...
That *someone* is me. You can say it. :-)
SW_ wrote:
>> When you boot/setup Obri router in EU or any other regions, it will figure out the correct region automatically. If not, it can still be changed, ..
Case and point here or check out the pictures in this post.
@michaelkenward wrote:
>> It seems that setting the region to 0x0001 disables the dropdown. Changing it to 0x0002 means that it now works...
When you figure out the reason behind changing region from 0x0001 to 0x0002, which the Orbi UI (software) suddenly allows you to access to drop down menu to change the region, then you will have a different perspective of what I said above.
michaelkenward wrote:
>> If you want to see the dropdown then, as you said earlier, you have to jump through some hoops to get it to work...
I didn't have to jump through hoops to enable it on Orbi RBK53 set, because it's something I already knew a while back. Like many of us (myself included), simply asking the right question, as the steinmr did at the begining of this post, will often get the answers we're looking for.
To find the region light switch, just put 2 and 2 together. The answer you seek is often right in front of us.
I rather not speculate on things that I don't know the answer to.