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Just replaced my Velop for Orbi...So far not impressed.
I had the Linksys Velop system - 3 nodes - bought it over the Orbi when they both first came out - mainly because the Velop offered wired backhaul. It worked great - evern QOS.
We just fini...
It has been nothing but frustration so far. My latest discovery is that it may appear that I can't use a network switch between the router base and the satellites. Which makes no sense to me. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
I was able to get one of the satellites to work using ethernet backhaul with a switch - but after a reboot it would not work at all. Even though the satellite keeps broadcasting the Network Wifi info and allows users to join even though it is not connected. Very frustrating.
If I connect the Satellite directly to the router/base it seems to be more stable. But sorta defeats the purpose.
Anyone here know the best practice?
Router/Base to Satellite with switch connected (Need more ports than 3).
Or can you go:
Router/Base to Switch to Satellite?
And would it be possible to go Router/Base to Switch to 2nd Switch to Satellite?
I have mine going through a couple of switches using a wired backhaul. But i have also noticed that some switches do not work. I have 2 dlink swithes that I am using. But I have noticed that if I use a netgear smart switch it stops working.