Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50)

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Orbi High-Performance AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi Router
Homepage Product page
Support Support page
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Netgear Orbi Router
Model Part Number RBR50
FCC ID (fcc.io) PY316200341
FCC ID (fcc.report) PY316200341
Type wireless router, wireless system
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm IPQ4019
CPU1 Type ARMv7 Cortex-A7
CPU1 Speed 716 MHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size 4 GiB 4,096 MiB <br />4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br /> (eMMC)"GiB" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Flash2 Chip Winbond W25Q256FVFG
Flash2 Size 32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 512 MiB 536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip Nanya Model?
ETH chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4019
Switch Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-WAN
3-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader CFE
Stock FW OS Linux
Expansion IF types USB 2.0, eMMC
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 3.5 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)

Flags:
Wave2, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth LE, eMMC

Additional chips
2.4GHz WLAN Power Amplifier Module;Skyworks;SKY2623L;;2;
5GHz WLAN Power Amplifier Module;RFMD;RFPA5542;;2;
5GHz Backhaul Power Amplifier Module;RFMD;RFPA5542;;4;
Bluetooth 4.1 SoC;Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR);CSR8811;;1;

Other

Default SSID: ORBI50 (1 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1355 additional devices
of which 111 are Netgear devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 428 additional devices
of which 307 are Netgear devices

3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability End of Life
End of Life date 2023
FCC approval date 23 August 2016
(Est.) release date 01 November 2016
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $250
Newegg N82E16833122918
ASIN B01LXTL37N
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4019
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM up to 400 Mbps
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4019
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 866 Mbps
N-QAM up to 400 Mbps
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
Radio 3
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 1733 Mbps
N-QAM up to 600 Mbps
802.11n up to 450 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
 FCC ID
Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS50)PY316200341
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Netgear Orbi Router (RBR10)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Router (RBR20)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Router (RBR350)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Router (RBR40)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50v2)QualcommQualcommQualcomm Atheros
Netgear Orbi Router (RBR750)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Router (RBR850)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Router (RBS750)QualcommQualcommQualcomm

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented Netgear devices with specifications, see Netgear.

400 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM),
867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) backhaul = AC3000 class

Overview

802.11ac Two-Stream Wave2 WiFi plus Dedicated Quad-Stream Wireless Backhaul

Setup GUI available at http://orbilogin.com when connected via Wi-Fi.

  • Netgear Orbi Kit (RBK50): Orbi Router (RBR50) + Orbi Satellite (RBS50)
  • Netgear Orbi Kit (RBK53): Orbi Router (RBR50) + 2x Orbi Satellite (RBS50)

Product features

  • Dedicated four stream 802.11ac wireless backhaul
  • 4GB of flash is claimed by Netgear

Links of Interest

Reviews

Forum threads

Mentions that the stock firmware is a variant of OpenWrt

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ipq40xx
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 22.03.0
Current supported version: 24.10.5
LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm IPQ4019, Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
WLAN Comment: MIMO 4x4 for backhaul AC, 2x2 for client 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, Tri-band
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, see git-commit
git • >>
ipq40xx: add support for Netgear SRR60/SRS60 and RBR50/RBS50
The Netgear SRS60 and SRR60 (sold together as SRK60) are two almost
identical AC3000 routers. The SRR60 has one port labeled as wan while
the SRS60 not. The RBR50 and RBS50 (sold together as RBK50) have a
different external shape but they have an USB 2.0 port on the back.

This patch has been tested only on SRS60 and RBR50, but should work
on SRR60 and RBS50.

Hardware
--------
SoC:   Qualcomm IPQ4019 (717 MHz, 4 cores 4 threads)
RAM:   512MB DDR3
FLASH: 4GB EMMC
ETH:
  - 3x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
  - 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (WAN)
WIFI:
  - 2.4GHz: 1x IPQ4019 (2x2:2)
  - 5GHz:   1x IPQ4019 (2x2:2)
  - 5GHz:   1x QCA9984 (4x4:4)
  - 6 internal antennas
BTN:
  - 1x Reset button
  - 1x Sync button
  - 1x ON/OFF button
LEDS:
  - 8 leds controlled by TLC59208F (they can be switched on/off
    independendently but the color can by changed by GPIOs)
  - 1x Red led (Power)
  - 1x Green led (Power)
UART:
  - 115200-8-N-1

Everything works correctly.

Installation
------------
These routers have a dual partition system. However this firmware works
only on boot partition 1 and the OEM web interface will always flash on
the partition currently not booted.

The following steps will use the SRS60 firmware, but you have to chose
the right firmware for your router.

There are 2 ways to install Openwrt the first time:

1) Using NMRPflash
 1. Download nmrpflash (https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash)
 2. Put the openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-netgear_srs60-squashfs-factory.img
	file in the same folder of the nmrpflash executable
 3. Connect your pc to the router using the port near the power button.
 4. Run "nmrpflash -i XXX -f openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-netgear_srs60-squashfs-factory.img".
	Replace XXX with your network interface (can be identified by
	running "nmrpflash -L")
 5. Power on the router and wait for the flash to complete. After about
	a minute the router should boot directly to Openwrt. If nothing
	happens try to reboot the router. If you have problems flashing
	try to set "10.164.183.253" as your computer IP address

2) Without NMRPflash
The OEM web interface will always flash on the partition currently not
booted, so to flash OpenWrt for the first time you have to switch to
boot partition 2 and then flash the factory image directly from the OEM
web interface.

To switch on partition 2 you have to enable telnet first:
 1. Go to http://192.168.1.250/debug.htm and check "Enable Telnet".
 2. Connect through telent ("telnet 192.168.1.250") and login using
	admin/password.

	To read the current boot_part:
		artmtd -r boot_part

	To write the new boot_part:
		artmtd -w boot_part 02

	Then reboot the router and then check again the current booted
	partition

Now that you are on boot partition 2 you can flash the factory Openwrt
image directly from the OEM web interface.

Restore OEM Firmware
--------------------
 1. Download the stock firmware from official netgear support.
 2. Follow the nmrpflash procedure like above, using the official
	Netgear firmware (for example SRS60-V2.2.1.210.img)

        nmrpflash -i XXX -f SRS60-V2.2.1.210.img

Notes
-----
1) You can check and edit the boot partition in the Uboot shell using
	the UART connection.
	"boot_partition_show" shows the current boot partition
	"boot_partition_set 1" sets the current boot partition to 1

2) Router mac addresses:

   LAN XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:69
   WAN XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:6a
   WIFI 2G XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:69
   WIFI 5G XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:6b
   WIFI 5G (2nd) XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:6c

   LABEL XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:69

See also

List of Wireless Systems
Qualcomm IPQ4019 (Dakota) 2x 2T2R, QCA9984 (Cascade) 4T4R AC
Qualcomm IPQ4019 (Dakota) 2x 2T2R, QCA9984 (Cascade) 4T4R AC