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Mixture of star and daisy chain topology
My house is in the shape of a very large L and where the network switch, cable, and router for the whole house is in the corner of the L in the master bedroom closet. I currently have the router placed here with one satellite about 1/2 of the way across the lower leg of the L. I need to add one but probably a third satellite in the upper leg of the L towards the kitchen/living room and eventually the garage. My question is can I mix star and dasiy chain topology? So the #1 sat would be on it's own in the lower leg connected to the router and the #2 and #3 sats would be daisy chained in the upper leg. Or do all the satellites have to be in series from the router?
Also, can I ethernet the back haul on all three or just the #1 sat that is connected to the router? Is it all or nothing? Can I ethernet #1 and #2 and keep the garage sat completey wireless?
- 1. If all Satellites use wireless backhaul and you want to allow Satellites to also connect to other Satellites and not only to the Router the Daisy Chain should be enabled (checked) so Satellites will have the choice to connect to the node that has better coverage whether its a Router or Satellite.
2. If all Satellites are wired then the Daisy Chain setting is not relevant.
3. If you will have a mix of wired and wireless Satellites then the Daisy Chain option is only valid to which topology you want the wireless Satellites to take.
In the current software (2.2.1.210) there is a sw bug that in some cases causes issues when you have wired backhaul and you enable Daisy Chain, but it seems to be solved in the ongoing beta.
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What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.When Daisy chaining, it's recommended to have the satelites all in line out from the base router instead of Star. Daisy Chaining just means that satellites can piggy back off each other instead of each being directly connected to the base router.
It's preferred to use ethernet connections for the satellites:
If you chose this, then Daisy Chain needs to be disabled.
dklimas wrote:
My house is in the shape of a very large L and where the network switch, cable, and router for the whole house is in the corner of the L in the master bedroom closet. I currently have the router placed here with one satellite about 1/2 of the way across the lower leg of the L. I need to add one but probably a third satellite in the upper leg of the L towards the kitchen/living room and eventually the garage. My question is can I mix star and dasiy chain topology? So the #1 sat would be on it's own in the lower leg connected to the router and the #2 and #3 sats would be daisy chained in the upper leg. Or do all the satellites have to be in series from the router?
Also, can I ethernet the back haul on all three or just the #1 sat that is connected to the router? Is it all or nothing? Can I ethernet #1 and #2 and keep the garage sat completey wireless?
- Yes you can have some of the Satellites connected to the Router (Star topology) and others connected to other Satellites in Daisy Chain.
This can be either wired or wireless or combination of both.- 1. If all Satellites use wireless backhaul and you want to allow Satellites to also connect to other Satellites and not only to the Router the Daisy Chain should be enabled (checked) so Satellites will have the choice to connect to the node that has better coverage whether its a Router or Satellite.
2. If all Satellites are wired then the Daisy Chain setting is not relevant.
3. If you will have a mix of wired and wireless Satellites then the Daisy Chain option is only valid to which topology you want the wireless Satellites to take.
In the current software (2.2.1.210) there is a sw bug that in some cases causes issues when you have wired backhaul and you enable Daisy Chain, but it seems to be solved in the ongoing beta.
