Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS50)

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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Netgear Orbi Satellite
Model Part Number RBS50
FCC ID PY316200341
Type wireless router
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)
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 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip Brand? 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
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

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 1335 additional devices
of which 111 are Netgear devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 426 additional devices
of which 306 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 N82E16833122915
ASIN B084C19DD3 Flag of US.svg
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 2.5 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
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 Router (RBR50)PY316200341
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Netgear Orbi Outdoor Satellite (RBS50Y)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Outdoor Satellite (RBS50Y) Gen2QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS10)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS20)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS20) Gen2QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS40)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS50)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS50v2)
Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS850)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.

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

Overview

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

Identical to the Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50) except all four ethernet ports are for LAN.

  • Netgear Orbi Kit (RBK50): Orbi Router (RBR50) + Orbi Satellite (RBS50)
  • Netgear Orbi Kit (RBK53): Orbi Router (RBR50) + 2x Orbi Satellite (RBS50)
Setup GUI available at http://orbilogin.com when connected via Wi-Fi.

Product features

  • Dedicated four stream 802.11ac wireless backhaul
  • 4 GB 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

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
OpenWrt Target: ipq40xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4
Support started version: 22.03.0
Current supported version: 24.10.2
WLAN Comment:
MIMO 4x4 for backhaul AC, 2x2 for client 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, Tri-band

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See also

Qualcomm IPQ4019 (Dakota) 2x 2T2R, QCA9984 (Cascade) 4T4R AC
Qualcomm IPQ4019 (Dakota) 2x 2T2R, QCA9984 (Cascade) 4T4R AC