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RBR50: VERY SIMPLE question on backhaul
What is the point of having a 5Ghz wireless backhaul (capable of 1.7 Gb or so) if it can’t enable, through that same backhaul, the same/close to 1 Gig speed that the main router gets from the modem? ...
Thanks; but you may have missed my main point above - my computer is hard-wired (Ethernet cable) TO the satellite (via its 1Gb port) and my Internet connection is of 1Gb - besides, Netgear confirms that the wireless backhaul allows for a 1.7 Gb transmission between the main router and its satellites (with the router-satellite backhaul transmission confirmed as "good" under orbilogin.com).
So what is the point of having a fast backhaul if it cannot transmit, in the background, that 1 Gb connection so that any hard-wired devices can benefit from it? Again, I am not using wi-fi on my computer, but only Ethernet TO the satellite.
Any explanations there?
Nhonho wrote:
Netgear confirms that the wireless backhaul allows for a 1.7 Gb transmission between the main router and its satellites (with the router-satellite backhaul transmission confirmed as "good" under orbilogin.com).
This is an example of the consequences of allowing the Marketing department to write product information. Yes, the 5G WiFi connection trumpets:
But check out the footnote:
If the satellite is placed one foot away from the router, the WiFi backhaul will achieve a "Link Rate" of very close to 1,733Mbps. It will still be a "Half Duplex" connection (where either the router or one of the satellites broadcasts and the remaining devices must wait their turn) and will still suffer from WiFi overhead and possible interference from other WiFi devices on the same frequency. In a typical installation, it is very common to find the link rate to be less than half of that maximum theoretical rate.
Netgear does not confirm. They tout and then put a qualification in tiny type at the bottom of the page. Every manufacturer does the same thing. Advertising in BIG TYPE, and the truth as a tiny footnote.