Detailed Guide to Setup Netgear Orbi RBK53S

A tri-band Wi-Fi mesh system called the Netgear Orbi RBK53S was created to offer households excellent wireless coverage. It belongs to Netgear Orbi series, which is renowned for providing dependable and user-friendly mesh networking solutions. Today, in this blog we will share over view of the Netgear OrbiRBK53S along with the setup.

Over View of Netgear Orbi RBK53S

In a box, you will receive:

• Orbi Router (Model RBR50)

• Orbi Satellites X2 (Model RBS50)

• Ethernet Cable

• Power Adapter X3

Connect Your Orbi Router

• Take out your modem, swap out the backup battery if it has one and then plug it back in.

• We advise you to locate your router to the middle of your house.

• Attach your modem to the yellow Internet port on your router, with the help of Ethernet cable that comes with it.

 

Note: We advise turning off the WiFi on your current gateway if you wish to connect your Orbi router to it.

• Attach a power source to your router. The router rear Power LED turns green. Restart the router, if the Power LED does not light.

• Watch for the ring LED on the router to become white.

Place Your Orbi Satellite

• Keeping your Orbi satellites within range of the router, position them in opposing corners of your home. Put your satellites on different floors of your house if it has more than one floor.

• Connect Orbi satellite to power supply. The satellite rear Power LED is green. If the Power LED is not lit, press the power On/Off button.

• While the satellite tries to sync with the router, the ring LED on the satellite is white.

• Press the ‘Sync’ button located on the rear of both the satellite and router. The satellite ring LED is white, turns into blue to signify a strong connection and then turns off, if Orbi satellite and router is synced properly.

Follow these procedures again, to add more satellite.

Connect to Netgear Orbi Network

You need to first connect with the Orbi Network using Ethernet cable or WiFi.

Ethernet

You can make a wired connection between Orbi router and PC using Ethernet cable. Put in the one end of the cable to the PC and other into the router.

WiFi

To connect to the Orbi WiFi network, select the SSID from the available list and enter password (if asked) and then click on connect.

Login to Your Orbi Network

Choose from the following choices to set up your network:

Netgear Orbi App

• Install the NETGEAR Orbi app on your smartphone.

• You can scan the QR code located on the opposite side of this fast start guide, to download the Netgear Orbi app.

• Open the application and adhere to the prompts displayed on the screen.

Web Browser

• Open a browser and then go to orbilogin.com and hit enter.

• You reached to the orbilogin interface, where you need to login by entering default credentials.

• Adhere to the directions displayed on the screen to complete the setup.

Your Netgear Orbi RBK53S setup is finished, the LED on front panel of Orbi router will be turned off.

Conclusion

In summary, we conclude that you can setup the Netgear Orbi RBK53S in few easy steps. There are two methods to configure Orbi; one is via App and other one is Web interface. We have shared both the methods. Choose the suitable one to configure your Orbi.