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Orbi and Ethernet Switch / Backhaul Setup
After reading this topic https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-and-Ethernet-Switch-Backhaul-Setup/td-p/1688979 I have some questions about my setup: Router -> Netgear switch GS108PEv3 -> Or...
These are the connecion senarious that you can connect RBS to the RBR:
Direct or with using a switch in the middle between the RBR and RBS.
NO idea why NG hasn't made the Orbi more compatbile with green ethernet features. Must be some reason. No idea if or when they will change that. So we just know, that some switches don't work well for Orbi systems. Some have posted that some green ethernet switches seem to work. Kind of a mixed bag.
Yes, be sure to use the LAN ports on the back of the RBR for connections to wired devices and the RBS. The yellow port is for connecting the RBR to the ISP Modem or a host router.
Please mark your thread as solved so others will know.
Enjoy. :smileywink:
The confusion arose because the connection to the ISP was via a CISCO router on the LAN, so I plugged the LAN cable into the yellow Internet socket and it worked - but only when it was using WiFi backhaul to the satellites.
Is this a fix or a workaround NETGEAR's failure to design the Orbi to work with contemporary green network equipment?
It relieved my pain but NETGEAR needs to get its head out of the sand, see where the rest of industry is heading and fall into line.
Can't see where to mark the thread as fixed anyway.