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Orbi with Engenius Outdoor AP should I adjust settings/mode?
I recently switched from an Apple Airport home network to the Orbi RBR50 with 2 satellites. So far so good. I already had an Engenius ENS1750 outdoor access point installed outside my house so my la...
Thanks, I am going to start a separate thread because my set up is not straighforward. I want to use an ethernet backhaul that is running via a MOCA network (coax cable) connected to to the Actiontec router that is now my primary (only) router now that ORBI is in AP mode. That is the only option I have with the existing wiring in my house.
I will repeat this on the other thread. The proposed setup is:
coax MOCA network connect to FIOS ONT; one node is the Actiontec router, the other nodes are MOCA adpaters that provide an Ethernet connection, and devices like Tivos that take both internet and video from the MOCA coax.
The ORBI base is attached directly to the Actiontec router. The satellite with ethernet backhaul would plug in to an ethernet MOCA adapter attached by coax. I can "see" things like the Tivos using Moca over the Orbi web interface and app (they appear as "wired").
I tried this setup briefly and I didn't seem to connect reliably, but since I just switched to AP mode, I thought I observe the the work for a while before I introduce another variable.
Thoughts?
I used MoCA with my Tivos for years. In order to provide better connectivity than Orbi RBR50 WiFi backhaul, it might be critical to ensure that ALL of the MoCA adapters are the latest "bonded" 2.0, which came out in 2015. If even a single older adapter is attached, the entire system reverts to the slower speed. Also, with MoCA, Orbi is sharing the bandwidth with everything else that is attached. I am not sure what the net effect will be. For example, if Tivo remotes are using MoCA to show live or recorded Tivo content, they will take bandwidth from Orbi.
For Orbi, wired ethernet is the best possible backhaul, but it is impractical in many (most?) homes.