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snoopy77
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Aug 12, 2020
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I have purchased athe RBK53 with 1 Router and 2 Satelittes. Does anyone know if you can ethernet from one Satelite to another via ethernet. I have tried it and it seems work fine but I can't find any info to say that this is the way it can work. I can see people say you need to ethernet from both satelites to the router.

  • Mstrbig's avatar
    Mstrbig
    Aug 19, 2020
    snoopy77 wrote:
    I'll assume you can also plug an ethernet cable from a satellite into an RJ45 socket which can go straight to the Netgear router or switch?

    Not a Netgear regular router but yes a Netgear Orbi router. The RBS satellites have to be connected to an Orbi router.

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    Mstrbig
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    Aug 12, 2020
    snoopy77 wrote:

    I have purchased athe RBK53 with 1 Router and 2 Satelittes. Does anyone know if you can ethernet from one Satelite to another via ethernet. I have tried it and it seems work fine but I can't find any info to say that this is the way it can work. I can see people say you need to ethernet from both satelites to the router.

    Yes you can with no issues.

    My personal setup is Orbi router connected to ISP modem. switch connected to Orbi router. Sat 1 connected to switch. Sat 2 connected to Sat 1. Switch connected to Sat 2. Various wired devices connected to both switches. Total  of 23+ wired and wireless devices, consisting of PCs, tablets, phones, printers, TVs, Android box, Firestick, Receiver, blueray, Alexa and more.