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CHRSBNHM
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Jul 17, 2019
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Do Orbi satellites act as unmanaged switches? (e.g. RBS50)

Hi, This might seem like an obvious question but I haven't been able to confirm one way or the other through documentation. I've recently bought the RBK53 for my household and planning to have one o...
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Jul 17, 2019

    Most networking devices and the switches on Orbi work as a switch. The switch depending upon configuration and destination will directly traffic to the destination device. If the two devices are on the same RBS, then the traffic should go directly to the connected device, not the the RBR then back to the RBS.