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travisinfla's avatar
Feb 01, 2024

Installed 970 a few minor bugaboos

First of all these things are enormous, no putting them in a legrand media enclosure like the 6E - too wide.  Will need to mount above it. I upgraded my switch to the unmanaged Netgear x508M with 8x10 GB ports and ran Cat 6A shielded cable to both satellites. I used port 1 on the switch to connect the router, and ports 2 and 3  for the satellites wired backhaul.  It works and my wifi speeds are at or above my internet 1.2GB plan.  Here's the problem.  One of the satellites does not show up in the network map.  It turned blue when I first started it up, indicating backhaul connection was good, and there is no light on it now suggesting something is wrong.  On the admin page it says 2 satellites are connected, and under devices I saw a one device wifi connected to it, ubut it's no where to be found and show me how it's connected.  I just installed it tonight, so will see if it works itself out. 

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