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Orbi RBK852-Connect to satellites by Ethernet?
Recently got the RBK852 with 2 satellites. Are any of the ports on the satellites WAN & able to connect to the main unit or is it all remotely? (My house has ethernet ports throughout so I'm not worried about one unit being too close to another)
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- With those speeds, should I be using cat 6 cables only?
And are Ethernet cables like cell phone charging cables. The longer the cable, the less the performance?At minimum, yes. Cat6 or higher. I've been using CAT6 for years. Great performances.
No they are not.
I just received a new RBK752 pair last week, and I use Ethernet backhaul between the router and the Satellite. I'm actually using cat5e - cat6 would be preferable, but it's what I had when I installed the cable for my TV a few years ago. I'm getting > 300Mbps over it, even though I believe it's rated lower.
IMO an ethernet backhaul is always preferable to a wireless backhaul, if you can use it. Fortunately the RBK752 and RBK852 support it. It was automatically detected upon setup, so very easy to configure.
