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Does Ethernet backhaul free up the upper 5Ghz channels as they interfere with my old cordless phone
I have a RBK22 from costco. I installed/configured using the default wireless 5Ghz backhaul as an AP. Its working good but I am lot of interference/static when using my 10 year old cordless phone wh...
Based on the answers so far, it seems that the answer is no.
I see the following post which has steps to disable. Does it mean that this post is invalid.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Ethernet-Backhaul-Best-Practices/m-p/1688701#M49638
You can give that a try. Just know it's not offically supported so if something happens, NG won't support this configuration. "The wireless backhaul is kept ON as a standby link in case your wired backhaul gets broken, so you will have good redundancy in your system by keeping the wireless backhaul on."
Try if you like and let us know if it works for you. :smileywink: