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2.5gb wired network with Orbi 750
I have a wired 2.5gb wired lan setup, modem then router rbr750 to 2.5gb switch 150ft to another 2.5gb switch in my garage to rbs750 and for some reason it shows a 2nd sat that has a different Mac and ...
Seems like a ethernet mess.
What is the Mfr and model# of the ethernet switch in the configuration?
What CAT# cabling are you using? For 1Gb connections since the RBS are only supporting of 1Gb max, CAT6 UTP is recommended.
Try connecting the 3rd SAT directly to the back of the RBR to see how it appears on it's web page. If all RBS are ethernet connected, they should all appear as wired RBS. Status should show GOOD as well.
IF you tested each RBS at this one location with this one switch, possible this one switch could be the problem.
Idle curiosity: What prompted the installation of 2.5G Ethernet switches? All of the Orbi 750 units have only gigabit Ethernet ports, so they derive no benefit from higher potential speed. Do other devices on the network require higher speed? Or, is this an example of future proofing? (buy higher speed switches now so that when new devices are purchased, the network will already be in place)
The default Orbi LAN is 192.168.1.x Was there a specific reason to selet 192.168.0.x instead?
One experiment might be to bring the garage satellite into the same room as the Orbi.
Power it up and let it connect to the router over WiFi.
Verify that it appears with a correct IP address and shown as WiFi connection.
While still running, connect it to the router with a short Ethernet cable.
Verify that it (eventually) changes to a 'wired' connection with a correct IP address.
(I, personally, prefer to assign IP addresses to my satellites in the LAN Setup table)
Then, move it back to the garage and hook it up to the switch before powering it on.
- I have a media server 2.5gb and all my computers use 2.5gb so it’s for faster file transfer between them and helps when I’m streaming from the server at home and some one like my dad is streaming at his house but mainly for file transfer on the lan I only have 1 gbs internet so not the end of the world if my garage only had 1gb but just didn’t seem right that it was working fine but had a extra sat for some reason