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RBR50 + RBS50 Force Ethernet
I’ve just setup a lovely Mesh state in a very large household, using a combination of RBK10 and RBS50 access points. All is well according to the web GUI however there are intermittent times where the...
dabble wrote:
I’ve just setup a lovely Mesh state in a very large household, using a combination of RBK10 and RBS50 access points.
Is this correct? I cannot find an "RBK10" product. I am also not aware that the "10" series product is compatible with the "50" series because
- The "10" satellites have no ethernet jack, which rules out ethernet backhaul, and
- The "10" product is not a "Tri Band" with a separate 5G channel for WiFi backhaul.
I am easily confused.
Regarding the Op's question Is your firmware up to date? Are you sure the cable connecting the RBK10 to the RBS50 is good? The RBS50 should switch automatically to the RBK10. Also once you connect the network cable between the 2 devices, make sure you disable daisy chaining.
There is Netgear Orbi dual band RBK-10 based on wifi AC1200 technology and sold in packages of 2 (Orbi RBK12), 3 (Orbi RBK13) or four packs (Orbi RBK14).
Apologies, RBK13's.
The ethernet backhaul connection is between RBS50 and RBR50. The network cable is known to be good, however not aware of the disabling of daisy chaining. This household has 4 AP's on 4 different floors, so daisy chaining is required for the top floor to function. You'd suggest against this?What is the Mfr and model# of the ethernet switch in the configuration?
https://kb.netgear.com/000051205/What-is-Ethernet-backhaul-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-SystemPlease disable Daisy Chain for ethernet connected RBS.
dabble wrote:Apologies, RBK13's.
The ethernet backhaul connection is between RBS50 and RBR50. The network cable is known to be good, however not aware of the disabling of daisy chaining. This household has 4 AP's on 4 different floors, so daisy chaining is required for the top floor to function. You'd suggest against this?If you have wired and wireless Satellites, the Daisy Chain option would be valid to use. There was a bug in older firmware where in some cases, caused issues when mixing wired and wireless backhaul and Daisy Chain was enabled. But I was told it was fixed. You can try turning it off. But if the furthest satellite is a too far of a distance, you may not get good throughput on that satellite. Is it possible to wire that satellite.
In commercial installations, we generally go 100% wired backhaul.
