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Sigsgaard
May 22, 2020Follower
Switch compliancy with Orbi RBK23
Dear community
I just bought the Orbi RBK23 kit and would like a wired backhaul, therfore I'm looking for a compliant switch.
Read all the posts, but I do not find any Netgear Orbi recommendations of switches, with make and model.
I read they should be unmanaged and not green, but it is quite hard to find a gigabit switch which aren't using either Green or Energy-Efficient Ethernet technologies.
Questions:
1. Does Netgear provide any list of compliant switches for the Orbi backhaul?
2. Is Green and Energy-Efficient Ethernet both problematic or is it only Green?
My setup:
Fibermodem to Orbi router
Orbi router to Switch
Switch to wired devices and Orbi satellites
Hope for your help :-) Best Peter
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I've got both a managed switch and 2x green gigabit unmanaged switches on my network.
I haven't had a single issue with them. Some have said with managed switches to simply disable igmp.
I've tested D-Links 105/108 series switches. I presume NG GS1-5/108 are similar. D-Link DGS-1100 works too, it's managed. IGMP disabled.
Alsp HP ProCurve 1400/1800 series 8 port
Sigsgaard wrote:Dear community
I just bought the Orbi RBK23 kit and would like a wired backhaul, therfore I'm looking for a compliant switch.
Read all the posts, but I do not find any Netgear Orbi recommendations of switches, with make and model.
I read they should be unmanaged and not green, but it is quite hard to find a gigabit switch which aren't using either Green or Energy-Efficient Ethernet technologies.
Questions:
1. Does Netgear provide any list of compliant switches for the Orbi backhaul?
2. Is Green and Energy-Efficient Ethernet both problematic or is it only Green?
My setup:
Fibermodem to Orbi router
Orbi router to Switch
Switch to wired devices and Orbi satellites
Hope for your help :-) Best Peter
work as well.