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Using an Ethernet Unmanaged Switch with Orbi RBR50?
I want to update my cable modem from Spectrum to 400Mbps. Problem is, the modem required to upgrade to this speed only has a single ethernet connection. I need 5 connections and the Orbi base unit only has 3. (I currently have 3 connections into the Orbi and an additional 2 directly into my existing cable modem.) . Question .... can I uses something like a Netgear 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch like the GS105NA to expand my ethernet connections on the Orbi base?
Yes, you can.
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Yes, you can.
Thanks for the responses!!!! One last question, does it make more sense to A) Plug the ethernet switch into the modem and plug the Orbi into the switch? or B) Plug the Orbi into the modem and plug the switch into the Orbi? Again, the modem I am looking at from Spectrum Cable only has a single ethernet connection.
frocha wrote:
Thanks for the responses!!!! One last question, does it make more sense to A) Plug the ethernet switch into the modem and plug the Orbi into the switch? or B) Plug the Orbi into the modem and plug the switch into the Orbi? Again, the modem I am looking at from Spectrum Cable only has a single ethernet connection.
The modem will provide you with only one IP address (if it's a modem and not a router) so you will not be able to connect a switch to it.
You have to go for your option B) that is to plug the Orbi into the modem and plug the switch into the Orbi. I assume here that Orbi is in Router Mode.