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SeaMonkey80
Apprentice
Jul 13, 2018

My Ethernet Backhaul Setup

Sorry in advance for the long post.   I have been following this forum as an observer for quite a while now, and have noticed that many people are having issues with their Orbi setup, either when...
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michel1918
Tutor
Feb 18, 2019

Thanks very much for your clear schema.
What I noticed is that everything is 'behind' the Orbi router. Is that necessary?
Do you know if it also works if for instance the 'TL-SG108' switch would have been between the 'XFinity XB6' and the Orbi router?
The reason I ask is this: I had the setup that I had a cable directly from the modem into the Orbi router. When I plugged in my TV-settop-box in the Orbi, I had hickups in the TV stream. So it surprised me a bit that you managed to get it working with 'all your internet devices' behind the Orbi router.

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ekhalil
Master
Feb 18, 2019
michel1918 wrote:

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Do you know if it also works if for instance the 'TL-SG108' switch would have been between the 'XFinity XB6' and the Orbi router?
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If you connect the switch to the ISP router then you can't connect the satellites to (unless you want Orbi to be in AP Mode).

 

michel1918 wrote:

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The reason I ask is this: I had the setup that I had a cable directly from the modem into the Orbi router. When I plugged in my TV-settop-box in the Orbi, I had hickups in the TV stream. So it surprised me a bit that you managed to get it working with 'all your internet devices' behind the Orbi router.

What is the type of the TV settop-box that you have? Does it do any IGMP multicasting?