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Orbi AX4200 and connecting it to a router
I have a model from my internet provider and a switch which distributes the internet signal throughout my house but only to certain rooms. Do I need to connect the Orbi router directly to the modem, ...
RBS can be more than 30 feet, depending upon building materials. I have one of my RBS out at 40 feet. Others have posted 50 feet as well.
I'd check the wiring the home. Lan connections is preferred for wired connections and best performances over wireless.
GreggCFO wrote:My Spectrum modem is solely a modem with one internet port which supplies the internet. If I connect my netgear 8 port switch directly to that modem, then I can hook my Orbi router directly to the switch and also hook my Orbi satellite directly to the switch for my backhaul?
Definitely do not do this. The Orbi becomes your switch and everything, including the satellite, connects to it.
Why should that concern me?
Normal and standard wire configurations and networking standards has any host router behind a ISP Modem/ont. Any and all LAN network switch fall behind the router for additional connections and good operation and performance thru out the network system. You can even daisy chain switches as well.
I still don't really understand how the router being connected to a port on a switch which switch is hooked to a modem is different than if there was no switch in the middle. I am not a techie, so maybe a really simple explanation would be helpful. Thanks.
Swtich can act like a router and also has some other featuers that may or may not impack good connections between the modem and a host router. There needs to be good connections between the modem/ONT and host router at all times. Only if something really needs a switch in between would this kind of configuration maybe needed, maybe for debugging would be one senario. For most and normal operations and configurations. Besides you can't connect a switch between the modem and router then connect a PC to this switch and expect to get internet access there. It doesn't work that way. You only have 1 WAN IP address getting passed from the modem to the main host router which its job is to hand out more then one IP address for devices while doing NAT. There has to be NAT between the modem and connected devices.
Keeping the connection limited to the modem directly to a host router is preferred. I also believe in using shortest length LAN cable between the modem and router as well.