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Kad2
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Dec 03, 2021

RBKE963 2.5ghz ports

I am looking to buy the orbi 6e mesh system rbke963 and need to know if the 2.5ghz port can be used to link a switch at 2.5ghz speeds or can it only be used as a backhaul port to the satellites?  I c...
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FURRYe38
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Dec 03, 2021
Kad2 wrote:

I am looking to buy the orbi 6e mesh system rbke963 and need to know if the 2.5ghz port can be used to link a switch at 2.5ghz speeds or can it only be used as a backhaul port to the satellites?  Yes. I currently have a nighthawk ax router with its 2.5ghz port connected to a high speed nighthawk switch and want to be able to keep that 2.5ghz connection with the orbi.  Yes. The manual I downloaded was not clear about it. There are 2.5Gb LAN port on each RBS and the RBR. There is not 2.5Ghz ports. :smileywink: