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Orbi RBR450/RSR50 Not Recognizing Wired Backhaul
Hello - looking for some guidance with a very simple question. I have an Orbi RSR50 that has been connecting wirelessly to the RBR50...I decided to hard wire the two devices via ethernet. However, af...
Thanks for your help. Find out the BRAND NEW 100ft ethernet cable I bought from Amazon was defective. I tested with another cable and it switched to wired backhaul shortly after...thanks for the help!!
You might want to disable diasy chain on the RBR as well.
bmxsteve wrote:Hello - looking for some guidance with a very simple question. I have an Orbi RSR50 that has been connecting wirelessly to the RBR50...I decided to hard wire the two devices via ethernet. However, after rebooting the devices multiple times, the connection status is not changing to wired when i check on the orbilogin.net portal. Under "connect type", it continues to list 5g.
What settings do I need to change in order to go to wired?
I've searched multiple times online, and it seems it is as simple as plugging in the ethernet cables into both devices, but its as if the RSR50 doesnt realize it is hard wired.
Thank you for any guidance or direction!
Steve
Thanks for your help. Find out the BRAND NEW 100ft ethernet cable I bought from Amazon was defective. I tested with another cable and it switched to wired backhaul shortly after...thanks for the help!!
Glad that was a simple fix.
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Enjoy. :smileywink: