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Do satellite units need to sit "behind" the main router?
I have AT&T fiber as my internet provider. I am also in the process of building an ADU (accessory dwelling unit, or also known as an "In-Law quarter"), which will be a separate building in my backya...
Sorry. No. Orbi satellites have to be behind the router.
There are several possibilities:
- Place the Orbi router in the garage. Use that ethernet cable to connect one satellite.
- Run a second ethernet cable from the garage to the Orbi router.
- Deploy a pair of smart switches and set up VLANs so that the single ethernet cable carries the internet feed and the backhaul to that ADU location.
This forum post shows how one user did this:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Disabling-automatic-subnet-reconfig/m-p/2031354#M110164
Sorry. No. Orbi satellites have to be behind the router.
There are several possibilities:
- Place the Orbi router in the garage. Use that ethernet cable to connect one satellite.
- Run a second ethernet cable from the garage to the Orbi router.
- Deploy a pair of smart switches and set up VLANs so that the single ethernet cable carries the internet feed and the backhaul to that ADU location.
This forum post shows how one user did this:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Disabling-automatic-subnet-reconfig/m-p/2031354#M110164