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digimaster's avatar
digimaster
Aspirant
Dec 02, 2020

Configure WAN port as a LAN port also

Just got the NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-band WiFi 6 Mesh System (RBK852) and have set it up successfully with my FTTH ONT by configuring the WAN port on the Orbi Router with VLAN10.   My network i...
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schumaku
Guru
Dec 02, 2020

Can't see the image yet.

 

No, the WAN port is just a WAN port ... in a world of GbE Internet this would not make much sense splitting the port bandwidth into two VLANs (what would be technically feasible of course - but above of most Orbi customer head).

 

However i'm wondering what purpose that non-managed switch on the ONT has, considering there is only WAN and tagged to VLAN 10 (and neither a NATed LAN nor Internet is available, so the Orbi router does the untagging) on the WAN port before routing to the LAN subnet applies. 

  • digimaster's avatar
    digimaster
    Aspirant
    Dec 02, 2020

    For some reason the the image of my setup diagram won't uplaod.

     

    The unmanaged switch is in a closet where all my Cat5e cables around the house terminate. My fibre line also terminates in this closet so my ONT is in there.

     

    The ONT is connected to the unmanaged switch in the closet, and then the cables to all the rooms around the house also connect to the unmanaged switch.


    So my Orbi router is in the office and connected back to the unmanaged switch in the closet via Cat5e cable, there is only one Cat5e cable between the room where the Orbi router is connected and the closet which is why I was hoping the WAN port could act as a LAN port instead. I've placed andother unmanaged switch in the office where the Orbi router is and it is now connected between the unmanaged switch in the closet and the WAN port on the Orbi router. I've also connected the LAN port to the unmanaged switch in the office and now I've got connectivity to the rest of the devices around the house over ethernet but it's just an extra device and messy cables in my office.

     

    Next problem I have is that no devices are showing up as connected to my Orbi Satellite for some reason. I'm connected an ethernet cable to the Satellite this but it's showing up in the app as connected via Wifi. I don't want to use Wifi as the backhaul but the main problem is no devices are connecting to the Satellie.