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Sevo123
Apr 27, 2018Apprentice
**I found a Connection issue Resolution for wired backhaul !! **
Ok so Everytime my power would go out or and update happened/ or any way my orbi system would have to turn off my connection would just die with my rbk53 unit. Mainly because once I had my ethernet wi...
DaveHamilton
May 20, 2018Guide
I have an RBR50 and two RBS50 units. Tried this with one of the RBS50 units and once I plugged in Ethernet, it basically became unresponsive. Left it for 15 minutes with no change, so I unplugged. Within a minute or two everything came back up just fine.
I test lots of mesh here, most recently the eero and Velop tri-band. Neither of those has any issues using Ethernet backhaul in exactly the same locations/configuration.
I do have several dozen Sonos devices, but that hasn't been an issue with any other mesh.
FURRYe38
May 21, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Any network LAN switches in between the router and satellite? If so, whats the Mfr and model# of these swithces?
DaveHamilton wrote:
I have an RBR50 and two RBS50 units. Tried this with one of the RBS50 units and once I plugged in Ethernet, it basically became unresponsive. Left it for 15 minutes with no change, so I unplugged. Within a minute or two everything came back up just fine.
I test lots of mesh here, most recently the eero and Velop tri-band. Neither of those has any issues using Ethernet backhaul in exactly the same locations/configuration.
I do have several dozen Sonos devices, but that hasn't been an issue with any other mesh.