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steeve725
Mar 12, 2019Guide
Orbi daisy chain and star topology
Hi, Everyone I've had my rbk33 for only a few days and trying to understand some things. My orbi is about 95% factory, I've changed the SSID and passwords. Personalized the 2 satellite names, e...
CrimpOn
Mar 12, 2019Guru - Experienced User
"Daisy Chain" allows satellites to connect to another satellite rather than the router. This is in case the farthest satellite cannot get a strong enough signal from the router. It does not force satellites to do this. If the "Attached Devices" page shows that the satellites are both connected to the router, you can disable Daisy Chain. Another thing to consider is: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
- steeve725Mar 12, 2019GuideOK. Thanks.
I guess I misunderstood the Daisy chain thing.
Since both my satellites are connected to the router and daisy chain is enabled I thought it was a bug or something.
I might as well leave it enabled then since everything seems to be working pretty good and I don't know if disabling it will mess anything up.