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Wired Connection to Satellite
Is it possible to use Ethernet to connect router and satellites?
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?
Just getting back to point......
Has Orbi Netgear decided to allow an ethernet connection to their satelite box yet? Does anyone think this would be useful i.e. would it give a stronger signal from this satelite unit. Thank you for your responses
I think a lot of folks in this forum would like to see this feature (myself included!). It would help with a variety of things. It may or may not help give you a "better" signal, there are so many factors involved, but there are clearly tons of scenarios where it can help. I think the main thing is this:
*Where* does it fall in Netgear's priority list? i.e. there are probably more important things (wireless stability issues, other important features, etc..). Personally, there a few higher priorities for them IMHO.
Regards
I understand what you are saying and do agree the wireless backhaul feature is great and does work well for the wireless devices.
However, I find its still slower in real life testing vs a wired connection. The wired connection is just more stable to the point i still have a dedicated switch connected for wired devices to avoid the use of Orbi. If they enabled the feature, it would make all my gigabit switching redundant and would help clean up most of the rat nest of cables. I would buy go buy another sattellite if they did.