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New Orbi Kit Questions (backhaul options, MU-MIMO, transmit power, bands)
I'm running a new RBK50 setup. It's working well, and I don't really have any complaints. I've just been browsing the forum to try to get the most out of my kit. There were a couple questions I ha...
1. Yes they are all still active you can have satellites on ethernet back haul and on the wireless back haul at the same time.
2. I would have to check on this but I would use whatever is best for your setup.
3.That is really up to you to fine the best balance in your environment.
4.yes but they wouldn't be apart of the same mesh network if you are running separate routers.
DarrenM
Appreciate the reply. Just as a counter-point to a lot of the posts on here, my Orbi setup is working really, really well.
1. That was what I hoped to hear. It's good to know that nothing is being sacrified or compromised by using one backhaul interface versus the other. I'm leaning toward switching back to wifi backhaul because it works so well and I think I would benefit more from strategic placement of the satellites than ethernet backhaul.
2. In my situation, I have no MU-MIMO clients, so it seems safest to leave the option disabled. If leaving it disabled impacts the MU-MIMO capabilities of the backhaul, though, I'll definitely want to turn it back on.
3. So sounds like I would just need to play around with the transmit power option. I may just leave it at full power assuming that the default settings are probably optimal for most scenarios.
4. I definitely meant all units within a single mesh. In my case, there is one RBR50 and two RBS50s. So, since the router has two client radios and each satellite has two clients radios, I assumed that would give the bandwidth of a traditional router with six radios.
Thanks!