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MR80 Ethernet Backhaul
How do I force wired backhaul? I have the MR80/MK83 router and 2 MS80 satellites. The satellites are hardwired, but only 1 of them is using wired backhaul (it is farthest away/most likely to be o...
Check the cable.
Take the satellite and connect it to the router with a good quality cat 5e/6 cable that's only like 6 ft long. Give it 5 minutes (to switch over), then check the app/browser.
The app shows the wireless icon for 1 satellite, and the wired icon for the other. Also in the app, if I click on the satellites and click details one says 5Ghz and the other says Wired.
On the admin console through a web browser is shows connection type = 5Ghz for one, Wireless for the other.
Check the cable.
Take the satellite and connect it to the router with a good quality cat 5e/6 cable that's only like 6 ft long. Give it 5 minutes (to switch over), then check the app/browser.
Good call. Must have been a bad ethernet cable.
Should have been the first thing I checked but didnt have issues (that i knew of) with my previous setup so assumed it was a config with the new setup.
THANKS!!
Glad to see you found the issue!
If its a cable in the wall, a lot of times I'll see ends on them go bad. You can usually snip them off and redo the ends so you don't have to restring the whole cable.
It was actually the punch to the back of the rj-45 jack. Something must have wiggled loose or something. pulled it out and repunched and all is good and showing wired backhaul now.