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jimpc
Jul 16, 2019Aspirant
Does Orbi work with FiOS, directly to the ONT, with ethernet backhaul yet?
So is the RBK50 system able to connect directly to the FiOS ONT while sending signal to the other Orbi's via ethernet backhaul yet? Trying this 2 years ago, then a year later, resulted in the system ...
jimpc
Jul 16, 2019Aspirant
No again, you don't know what you're talking about. The Orbi firmware was set up so poorly that it didn't use to properly identify which unit is the router and which is the secondary unit when connected directly to the fios ont while using ethernet backhaul. The reason why it worked with wireless was because only the main Orbi was physically connected to the ONT so no mixup could happen. This resulted in the system going useless after 15 minutes of a full factory reset because eventually both units would be tricked into swapping as primary and secondary which causes the whole thing to collapse because only one unit is actually connected to the ONT. It was a KNOWN issue on the forums with responses from Netgear saying they were working on it. I'm asking if that has been resolved. I can tell you love having that Sensei next to your name so you mindlessly reply to as many posts as you can but please, realize in this instance you have no idea what you're talking about.
FURRYe38
Jul 16, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Have you tried the latest FW? Maybe you should instead of claiming it doesnt' work. Maybe NG has resolved it.
If you haven't been in contact with NG then maybe contact them and see.