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Wired Connection to Satellite
Is it possible to use Ethernet to connect router and satellites?
Please add this wired backhaul feature. It's stopping me from buying the orbi!
It's silly not to have this feature since all the competition has it.
It's silly not to have this feature since all the competition has it.
the is no specific competition for orbi as its not a mesh system
ethernet backhaul has been mentioned over and over and i think ether the dev's are keeping it under their hats or they have made the decision not to have ethernet backhaul because it was never a feature they considered and still dont consider it needed for the coustomer base they arer aiming at
it would be good if netgear came out and made a stand on this one way or the other , even if just to stop ongoing commentary on this feature
Even though Orbi is not actually mesh system, Netgear still markets the Orbi as a mesh wifi solution. Thus its specific competition is all the other Mesh systems, and is always reviewed against them. All these other mesh devices support the wired backhaul feature.
It also seems to be the most requested feature, as there is lots of talk about it here and other posts.
Finally, its pointless to have a 4 port switch on the back if not usuing the full ability of a wired network. Simply buying a switch and plugging devices into that would be a better idea.
Hirrdgoon wrote:Finally, its pointless to have a 4 port switch on the back if not usuing the full ability of a wired network. Simply buying a switch and plugging devices into that would be a better idea.
Devices plugged into the 4-port switch can communicate with each other at full Gigabit Ethernet speeds. How is that pointless?
