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ekhalil
Sep 16, 2018Master
Backhaul wireless network
Orbi is Tri-Band system. 3 bands are used: 2.4 Ghz band and two 5 GHz bands. I thought that the second 5 GHz band is used for the backhaul network.
Looking into the attached devices in orbilogin I ...
ekhalil
Sep 16, 2018Master
Thanks,
This is what I also think, but every nodes has 3 MAC addresses, why is the MAC address of the 2.4 GHz interface is shown as the backhaul interface between the nodes under <attached devices>?
FURRYe38
Sep 16, 2018Guru
Not sure. maybe a cache or mis-naming problem in the UI. Others have reporting seeing the satellites in the connected clients list before rather than in the connected satellites list.
Seen in different browsers?
Might try a reset on the router and set up from scratch...Re-add the satellite and check...
- ekhalilSep 16, 2018Master
Do you mean that you don't see the same behaviour? Which of the 3 MAC addresses do you see in your connected satellites?