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Wired Backhaul
My refund period for my Orbi is about to expire. Can a moderator comment (hopefully a NetGear Employee) as to when/if we will get wired backhaul? If it is in the next six months, I will keep my Orb...
Nick,
Here's something I posted this morning on another thread for the same topic:
I've added Ethernet Backhaul into my list of Candidate Features for a future Firmware update. I can't yet commit to a delivery date, but wanted to acknowledge that this is a valid use case and something we're looking seriously at.
Orbi Product Management
I've measured the following data throughput using iperf between two clients on the internal network:
1. Between wired devices on either the Orbi Sat or Router--940 Mbps (full gigabit switch speeds)
2. Between wired devices across the Orbi backhaul--575 Mbs
My WiFi throughput between a wireless and a wired client is 225 Mbps, but this is limited by my clients, which are 802.11n 2x2 with a 300 Mbps connection speed. A 3x3 ac client would be faster.
Those are decent numbers, much better than eero and I suspect the Orbi wireless backhaul is faster than the eero wired backhaul. That being said, I can probably live with the wireless backhaul feature for now. I was waiting as long as possible befor returning it (04/21), but these stats are very positive.
We are capped at 300 Mbps here - no gigibit fiber in our area - yet.
Thanks!
The Orbi is a much more powerful machine than eero, ORBI is using a Qualcomm IPQ4019 which is a 720Mhz Quad core CPU!! Paired with 512Mb of RAM and 4Gb of flash and a wired backhaul can't be added via Firmware still amazes me but eero with lower specs can offer it.
One thing I don't completely understand is my 2011 MacBook Pro connects to Orbi 5 GHz at 300 Mbps, but I have a brand new WiFi modem from CenturyLink and a Ubiquiti AP-AC-Pro, and the MacBook connects to both of these at 450 Mbps. The CenturyLink modem specs indicate it's 4x4 on 5 GHz.
st_shaw wrote:... my 2011 MacBook Pro connects to Orbi 5 GHz at 300 Mbps, but I have a brand new WiFi modem from CenturyLink and a Ubiquiti AP-AC-Pro, and the MacBook connects to both of these at 450 Mbps. The CenturyLink modem specs indicate it's 4x4 on 5 GHz.
The current Orbi systems have a dedicated 4x4 5 GHz radio backhaul, the client access is implemented by dedicated 2*2 on 5 GHz plus 2x2 on 2.4 GHz radios. While this won't allow max out the single user, single client throughput, it makes a nicely balanced solution for concurrent usage of multiple clients on multiple Orbi stations (router and satellites).
schumaku wrote:
st_shaw wrote:... my 2011 MacBook Pro connects to Orbi 5 GHz at 300 Mbps, but I have a brand new WiFi modem from CenturyLink and a Ubiquiti AP-AC-Pro, and the MacBook connects to both of these at 450 Mbps. The CenturyLink modem specs indicate it's 4x4 on 5 GHz.
The current Orbi systems have a dedicated 4x4 5 GHz radio backhaul, the client access is implemented by dedicated 2*2 on 5 GHz plus 2x2 on 2.4 GHz radios. While this won't allow max out the single user, single client throughput, it makes a nicely balanced solution for concurrent usage of multiple clients on multiple Orbi stations (router and satellites).
Ok. So does this mean the maximum connection speeds for Orbi are:
1. 866 for 802.11ac clients (two 433 Mbs streams)
2. 300 mpbs for 802.11n clients (two 150 Mbps streams)
