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Wired backhaul with RBK50 and RBS50 disabling ethernet ports in satellite
I have been trying to configure Wired Backhaul with my RBK50 and RBS50. I have 2 RBS50s, but I've turned one off to try to isolate the problem. I have a MoCA (GoCoax) adapter set up to connect the wi...
- I think I figured it out! It was unrelated to my Orbi and totally related to the GoCoax MoCA adapters. I was able to reproduce this issue with RBK -> GoCoax -> GoCoax -> Switch -> 2 or more devices. They all had the same static IP address by default, which appears to not be a problem if you're using them to connect one device on the other end, but as soon as you connect them to a router or a switch with multiple devices, it looks like this was causing problems. I didn't even realize these devices had IP addresses because they were on a different subnet and were static IPs. I just set them all to use DHCP with reserved addresses and the network has been stable for the last 2 hours with many devices connected to ethernet.
Yes, of course, ethernet ports on the RBR50 and RBS50 should remain usable when the sattelite is using ethernet backhaul.
The only MoCA connections are to the router and satellite, correct? (aside from TV sets)
I always assign IP addresses to devices which are "permanent", such as Orbi satellites, printers, IP cameras, etc.
(I do not see this as relevant to the problem, but it is a common practice.)
I think I figured it out! It was unrelated to my Orbi and totally related to the GoCoax MoCA adapters. I was able to reproduce this issue with RBK -> GoCoax -> GoCoax -> Switch -> 2 or more devices. They all had the same static IP address by default, which appears to not be a problem if you're using them to connect one device on the other end, but as soon as you connect them to a router or a switch with multiple devices, it looks like this was causing problems. I didn't even realize these devices had IP addresses because they were on a different subnet and were static IPs. I just set them all to use DHCP with reserved addresses and the network has been stable for the last 2 hours with many devices connected to ethernet.
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