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snoopy77
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Aug 12, 2020
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RBK53 Daisy Chain

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...
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    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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snoopy77
Aspirant
Aug 19, 2020
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?
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Mstrbig
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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.