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Orbi with wired backhaul
Setup: RBK50 - router + 1 satellite, currently wireless backhaul. My router is upstairs and the satellite is downstairs (one floor below). Currently the wireless backhaul status shows as Poor an...
Yes. How I have mine connected currently.
What is the Mfr and model# of the switch you have?
Yes. How I have mine connected currently.
What is the Mfr and model# of the switch you have?
> Yes. How I have mine connected currently.
Cool, thanks for the confirmation.
> What is the Mfr and model# of the switch you have?
I am planning on getting a 8-port TP-Link Gigabit Ethernet switch.
I would try a NG GS108 or D-Link DGS-108 switch.
So, finally completed the wired backhaul stuff.
I now have RBR50 connected to a TP-Link 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch. And the satellites (RBS50 and 2 x RBS20) are connnected to the switch. Coverage is good now with the additional satellites.
Yes, as brought multiple times already in different posts, I wish Netgear would incorporate the following features into Orbi:
1) Separate SSIDs for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz
2) Some mechanism in which Orbi can force a client to connect to a specific satellite.
I mention #1 because sometimes my Hall TV connects to a far away satellite on 2.4GHz instead of the nearby satellite - which is jsut a few feet away. Resetting the wireless connection on the TV - it connects back on 5GHz to the nearest satellite. This does not happen too often, so, it is fine.
Anyway, thanks for the inputs.