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mgeorgy
Dec 15, 2017Tutor
Orbi Ethernet Backhaul causing broadcast storm
I have just upgraded my Orbi router and satellites to V2.1.1.12 hoping to take advantage of the recent Ethernet backhaul feature. I use the Orbi router as my main router with a 24 port switch servic...
vcdx71
Dec 18, 2017Star
I have the same issue with ethernet backhaul if I plug both satelites in, I currently have just one and it's working fine. Though I can't verfiy anything since my device/sat count is zero so I'm only guessing it's working over ethernet.
I did some experiments by creating a seperate VLAN for the satelites and plugging another cable from the router into the switch on that VLAN. This worked as far as allowing Internet Access but it didn't allow WI-FI devices to talk to other hard wired systems on the same subnet but on a different VLAN, which tells me the satelite isn't backhauling all traffic to the router but dropping local traffic onto the switch.
I also thought spanning tree was an issue since pluggin the Ethernet cable in does create a loop so I disabled spanning tree on all my switches, also didn't help anything.
At this point I've also given up on the ethernet backhaul feature. There needs to be more info on how the environment needs to be configured, the KB as is is pretty useless, unless you can homerun your sats to the router, which I can't without pulling more cable that I don't want to, that's why I have switches..