Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50)

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Orbi High-Performance AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi Router
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Netgear
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear Orbi Router
Model Part Number	RBR50
FCC ID	PY316200341
Type	wireless router, wireless system
CPU1	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	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, 3.3, (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 1324 additional devices of which 107 are Netgear devices Default login user: admin Default login password: password admin:password credentials used by 425 additional devices of which 306 are Netgear devices
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
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 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear Orbi Pro Router (SRR60) Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Netgear Orbi Router (RBR10) Netgear Orbi Router (RBR20) Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Netgear Orbi Router (RBR40) Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50) Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50v2) Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Atheros Netgear Orbi Router (RBR850) Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm

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 device 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

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

• NETGEAR Orbi on SmallNetBuilder

Forum threads

• Orbi Router Firmware RBR50 on NETGEAR Community

Mentions that the stock firmware is a variant of OpenWrt

• NETGEAR Orbi WiFi System (RBK30) gallery on OpenITforum

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: 23.05.5

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See also

List of Wireless Systems

• Netgear Orbi Router (RBR50) - Netgear Orbi Router • PPage

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

• Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS50) - Netgear Orbi Satellite • Orbi Kit (RBK50)

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

• Netgear Orbi Outdoor Satellite (RBS50Y) - Netgear Orbi Satellite
• Netgear Orbi Router (RBR40) - Netgear Orbi Router • PPage
• Netgear Orbi Satellite (RBS40) - Netgear Orbi Satellite • PPage
• Netgear Orbi Wall Plug Satellite (RBW30) - Netgear Orbi Satellite
• Netgear Orbi WiFi System (RBK50) - AC3000 (RBR50 + RBS50)
• Netgear Orbi WiFi System (RBK40) - AC2200 (RBR40 + RBS40)
• Netgear Orbi WiFi System (RBK30) - AC2200 (RBR40 + RBW30)