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Dakintosh
Aspirant
Jan 03, 2024
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MK93 (MR90) Ethernet Backhaul Not Working

Hello! I purchased an MK93S from BestBuy a couple days ago and I can't seem to get the ethernet backhaul to function to save my life.    The router and satellites are all running Firmware Versio...
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    Dakintosh
    Jan 04, 2024

    I connected one of the satellites with a known good Cat6 patch cable from one of my server rooms and still nothing.

    BUT


    Last night I stumbled on a thread on Reddit from a few years ago where this person had a specific restart pattern to get the ethernet backhaul to be recognized. It seemed silly to me but I tried it and it worked. 

    Their steps: 

    1. Verify cable functionality
    2. Unplug satellite one
    3. Reboot main router using the reboot function in the GUI
    4. Unplug satellite two 
    5. Reboot main router using the reboot function in the GUI
    6. Reboot both satellites
    7. Reboot router one last time using the reboot function in the GUI

     

    Voila - both showed as wired in the GUI. 

    Truly strange course of events but I am happy with the outcome!

Dakintosh's avatar
Dakintosh
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2024

I connected one of the satellites with a known good Cat6 patch cable from one of my server rooms and still nothing.

BUT


Last night I stumbled on a thread on Reddit from a few years ago where this person had a specific restart pattern to get the ethernet backhaul to be recognized. It seemed silly to me but I tried it and it worked. 

Their steps: 

  1. Verify cable functionality
  2. Unplug satellite one
  3. Reboot main router using the reboot function in the GUI
  4. Unplug satellite two 
  5. Reboot main router using the reboot function in the GUI
  6. Reboot both satellites
  7. Reboot router one last time using the reboot function in the GUI

 

Voila - both showed as wired in the GUI. 

Truly strange course of events but I am happy with the outcome!