HOWTO: NETGEAR ORBI RBR750 and RBS750 V7.2.6.31_5.0.24 for 2.4 GHz only network

[Philip Bondi]

Requirements:
- Netgear ORBI RBR750 and 2 RBS750 Satellites for whole property coverage
from top of driveway to end of backyard (provides fast speeds to wireless
ip camera in front of garage and garden suite backyard office with 2 satellites)
- We have legacy devices that support only 2.4 GHz SSID
- 1 doorbell, Skybell TrimPlus 1000030
- 2 light switches, Leviton D215S

Outcomes:
- original 4.6.x firmware versions for RBR750 and RBS750 did not support 2.4 GHz only SSID
- 7.2.6.21 firmware version was not stable
- firmware V7.2.6.31_5.0.24 is both stable and supports 2.4 GHz only SSID

 

[Furrye38]

Orbi MESH is only intended to support indoor home use and some just out side of the home. Not intended for whole property coverage.

Actually v.21 was the most stable version of FW. Was fully beta tested and had great results and opertion.
Was first FW version to support a separate IoT network configuration for those problematic IoT device setups that needed 2.4Ghz only.
v.31 and beyond have problems with IPv6 ISP protocols.