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stevefxp
Apprentice
Sep 21, 2018

Orbi Router Showing LAN Port at 100 Meg

Hello all,

I am new to the Orbi world, having just purchased a router and satellite. I like what I see so far but have a few questions.

 

Port 1 on the LAN switch of my Orbi router will only show connected at 100M. I have the satellite wired ethernet connection there. When I move it to Port 2 it shows as 1000M. Has anyone seen this? Second with the satellite connected via a wired ethernet backhaul I would expect the wireless backhaul to turn off but it is still operating. How do I turn off the wireless backhaul?

 

Thanks,
Steve

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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru
    Sep 21, 2018

    What FW is currently loaded?
    What is the Mfr and model# of the ethernet switch if one is in the configuration.

    Be sure the Lan cable is of good quality. Swap lan cables to test. Cat 6 recommended. 

     

    If you can't seem to get 1000Mb on the port, possible the port could be bad. Try testing with different ethernet PC to see if problem follows. 

    • stevefxp's avatar
      stevefxp
      Apprentice
      Sep 28, 2018

      Its a bad port on the router, so I have to open a ticket for its replacement.

       

      Can you, or anyone else, answer the second part of the question. I am wired ethernet connected between the router and the satellite. It sounds like it will use this connection for the ethernet backhaul, yet I am still seeing the wireless backhaul trading packets in the statistics page. Is there a way to turn off the wireless backhaul, as I would prefer to use that bandwidth(1733) for normal wireless communications.