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Having Trouble with Ethernet Backhaul
Hello, I'm fairly new to this and am hoping someone can help. I have CenturyLink Fiber Internet. They originally game me their Axon C4000 modem/router. It's so big it didn't fit in my patch panel...
Sometimes terminology can be confusing (such as "main internet port", WAN port, etc.) It would help to see a rough diagram of how things are connected. (Might be useful to know which model of Orbi router and satellites.)
Since the Axon C4000 is no longer in the picture, what is the Orbi router Internet (WAN - yellow) port connected to?
I'm presuming that the Orbi is at the patch panel and there are patch cords connecting Orbi router LAN ports to ethernet that runs to the two satellite locations?
Thanks
In the patch panel I have four white Ethernet cables that run to each floor in the house and one blue Ethernet cable which is my Internet. That cable is plugged into the yellow WAN port on the Orbi router. The four other Ethernet cables in the patch panel are plugged into ports 1-4 in the router. These correspond to the four single Ethernet jacks around the house.
I have two Orbi Satellites (RBS850) plugged into the wall directly via Ethernet. However, when I plug devices directly into the satellites I only get about 330MB down. If I unplug the satellite from the Ethernet jack in the wall and test the speed by using my laptop directly its about 950 down.
- Totally at at sea here.
1. Does the Orbi attached devices page show the back haul as wired?
2. The 850 had a recent firmware update. Is it current?- Yes the back haul status shows Wired and connection status as good. Everything is up to date on firmware