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Add third satellite
My current setup is RBR850 router with two RBR850 satellites, one wireless and the other ethernet. I want to add a third satellite via ethernet but the port currently is wired to a desktop. The solut...
Both the RBR850 router and RBS850 satellite have four gigabit LAN ports. One is being used by an existing RBS850 satellite. That leaves a bunch of open ports.
Use one of these ports for the new RBS850 satellite and plug a dumb gigabit ethernet switch into another port to service that desktop computer and other devices. It is generally a good idea to connect satellite directly to the router LAN port.
As long as this new switch is not being used to connect Orbi satellites, it can be (literally) any gigabit switch of any brand. (Netgear, Linksys, TP-Link, etc.)