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tbk361
Aspirant
Nov 18, 2022

Orbi AX4200 RBS750 satellite will only get 100Mbps on wired backhaul

Recently I rearranged my home network to wire in some devices and to add an ethernet backhaul. However, I am unable to get speeds above 100 Mbps from the satellite with ethernet backhaul.   Details...
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GEBucky
Aspirant
May 20, 2023

I had same problem with one of my RBS960. Throttled to just below 100M wired backhaul, and normal full speed without the cable. I was a Cat 5e so should have been fine, but ran a test with a long Cat 6 and it's now operating normally. My lesson learned is always start with the cables. Replacing everything in house with Cat 6 now. It can forever to diagnose these types of issues - cables are super easy to test.

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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
May 20, 2023
GEBucky wrote:

cables are super easy to test.

Patch cables are super easy to swap out.  Cables embedded in the building structure can be swapped out using a long Cat6 patch cable (100' for $20 on Amazon).  Actually testing Ethernet cables requires very expensive test equipment.