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Orbi and Ethernet Backhaul with Switch
I have an Orbi RBR50 Router and 3 RBS50 Satellites I would like to connect using a star topology ethernet backhaul through a GS105v5 unmanaged switch. I've tried resetting and rebooting my satellites,...
So lets do this first. Lets reset the RBR and RBS. 15 seconds press only. Take one RBS after the RBR is setup and just connect 1 RBS. Does this connect and show as a satellite connected device on the RBRs web page? If so, connect the 2nd RBS in same way.
FYI, I've spent many hours logging and troubleshooting a number of issues with my Orbi set up. One of the major issues is a similar ethernet backhaul issue. It would seem that the satellites were functional, in that clients could connect and internet would work. However, they wouldn't show up as connected satellites in the app UI, and in the web UI they wouldn't connect in the firmware update section and they wouldn't show up as options in the firmware manual update section. So, it would seem that they weren't entirely connected as satellites.
In any case, after much testing, I did confirm that a Netgear GS108 switch was preventing them from fully connecting. Removing the switch from the mix seemed to allow the satellites to connect.
This is especially surprising (and troubling) because the GS108 is both an unmanaged switch and a Netgear product. You would think both of those factors should lend it to being more compatible rather than less.
I likewise have one of my RBS50 satellites backhaul using a wired connection to my RBR50 router, and the connection is going through my 3 year old Netgear GS116 unmanaged switch. I do not have any connection issues with it that way. Is your GS108 a newer model, perhaps with PoE?
WeberJeff wrote:FYI, I've spent many hours logging and troubleshooting a number of issues with my Orbi set up. One of the major issues is a similar ethernet backhaul issue. It would seem that the satellites were functional, in that clients could connect and internet would work. However, they wouldn't show up as connected satellites in the app UI, and in the web UI they wouldn't connect in the firmware update section and they wouldn't show up as options in the firmware manual update section. So, it would seem that they weren't entirely connected as satellites.
In any case, after much testing, I did confirm that a Netgear GS108 switch was preventing them from fully connecting. Removing the switch from the mix seemed to allow the satellites to connect.
This is especially surprising (and troubling) because the GS108 is both an unmanaged switch and a Netgear product. You would think both of those factors should lend it to being more compatible rather than less.
Would need to know the exact model and version if your switch. There are several variances...
I see the base GS108 and other versions of this model switch have the follwing:NETGEAR Green • Up to 60% lower power consumption1
• Auto power-down mode saves energy when port is unusedThis is green ethernet which isn't particularly compatible with Orbi systems. Others have seen this before. This may have played a factor in your GS108 not working between the RBR and RBS.
WeberJeff wrote:FYI, I've spent many hours logging and troubleshooting a number of issues with my Orbi set up. One of the major issues is a similar ethernet backhaul issue. It would seem that the satellites were functional, in that clients could connect and internet would work. However, they wouldn't show up as connected satellites in the app UI, and in the web UI they wouldn't connect in the firmware update section and they wouldn't show up as options in the firmware manual update section. So, it would seem that they weren't entirely connected as satellites.
In any case, after much testing, I did confirm that a Netgear GS108 switch was preventing them from fully connecting. Removing the switch from the mix seemed to allow the satellites to connect.
This is especially surprising (and troubling) because the GS108 is both an unmanaged switch and a Netgear product. You would think both of those factors should lend it to being more compatible rather than less.
