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CedricJR's avatar
CedricJR
Guide
Jan 27, 2018
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Backhaul quality is horrible

I bought a RBR50 router (configured in AP mode) and 3x RBS50 satellites. To diagnose the problem I switched off all satellites, except one. The problem is that a neighbour is using the exact channel ...
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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Mar 28, 2018

    Try the beta. 

     

    Theres no CLI support. 

    Vontech615wrote:
    I'm on FW 2.1.2.18. Just curious, why Cat6? I have Cat 5e which should be more than sufficient. I have a wireless backhaul, not wired. I'd mainly like to know if there is a way to make more advanced changes via a CLI?

     

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Vontech615
Aspirant
Mar 29, 2018

I haven't tried the Powerline adapters for this use case, but that is certainly on my radar and I've used them before, but it's been a while.  Have the powerline adapters improved in regards to network bandwidth?   I don't expect a gig pline adptr to supply a gig, but 300-400 mpbs would be nice.  Do you have any recommendations on brand/model?

 

Thanks!

CedricJR's avatar
CedricJR
Guide
Mar 29, 2018

Hi there,

 

Most of my network is wired (Cat 6 GbE), except for a small part of it.

 

I owned the Devolo Powerline 1200+, they are quite good. Low latency and the real bandwidth is around 100 - 200 Mb/s even with really old electrical installation (300 - 400 Mb/s in ideal conditions on a short distance, but don't expect much more from a "1200" CPL plug). But with them comes the constraint to have the plug directly on the wall outlet in order to obtain the best performances, and their plug is massive and quite ugly. Sadly I gave my Devolo plugs to a friend when I bought those Orbi, but in my experience they were performing better than the Orbi in order to connect the two wired networks together.

 

Goal with the Orbi was to extend beyond that with satellites providing both wireless and cabled network in each location and reduce the number of devices, but my experience with the Orbi is really bad. I think I'll try to resell the Orbi and go back to the Ubiquiti devices for the Wifi part. I'll probably add a WiFi bridge in order to connect the second network to an AP on the first one.