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All good, except for the magenta light
I finally got my router (as a wireless AP) and satellite the way I want, with an ethernet backhaul. The trick seems to have been to take the cable out of the internet port on the router and put it in...
I don't believe the switch was the issue. It's a Netgear GS108 8-Port Gigabit Switch. In the set-up where I connected everything to the switch ethernet backhaul did work, however the magenta light on the Orbi router was always on, like more people are mentioning on this forum. Moving all orbi devices (router + satellites) to ISP router using the WAN port on the Orbi router solved the light issue for me.
Yes, the WAN port on the Orbi is tied to the Magenta behavior. If you had been using the LAN port when in AP mode, the Magenta LED would be on all the time. WAN port would resolve this.
Enjoy, :smileywink:
Christiaan11 wrote:
I don't believe the switch was the issue. It's a Netgear GS108 8-Port Gigabit Switch. In the set-up where I connected everything to the switch ethernet backhaul did work, however the magenta light on the Orbi router was always on, like more people are mentioning on this forum. Moving all orbi devices (router + satellites) to ISP router using the WAN port on the Orbi router solved the light issue for me.