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RBR750/RBS750 Backhaul Problem
I have the RBK753 which contains a router and 2 satellites. I live in a 3 bed semi-detached home. On the ground floor I have the router. On the first floor in the nursery, I have a satellite (about 2...
I did what you suggested above and disconnected the Ethernet and power-cycled all 3 devices. It now connects in the order that I had preferred, albeit fully wirelessly. The signal is reported as Good on both connections listed above, which you can see in my screenshots below.
Do you think the ethernet connection is possibly not installed right or some backend configuration issue in Orbi admin? Is it ok to plug the Ethernet into any port?
Thanks Philip
I did what you suggested above and disconnected the Ethernet and power-cycled all 3 devices. It now connects in the order that I had preferred, albeit fully wirelessly. The signal is reported as Good on both connections listed above, which you can see in my screenshots below.
Are you getting good wifi coverage throughout the home? If you are, then one option is to leave well enough alone.
Do you think the ethernet connection is possibly not installed right or some backend configuration issue in Orbi admin? Is it ok to plug the Ethernet into any port?
If you connect a laptop via ethernet using the cable instead of the attic satellite, then you could run speedtest on the laptop, and run the same test when connected using a different (short) cable in the Nursery. That would let you determine if the cable is the problem (or not).
My own experience with mixing wifi and ethernet backhaul has been mixed. So I am thinking it is likely a mesh management issue in the Orbi. But it is easy to try different ethernet ports in the satellites.
It can take a while for the topology to stablize, so it is possible that simply waiting would result in the system figuring out that connecting the nursery over wifi was the better setup. You could also try to force that outcome by powering down all elements, and then powering up only the router and the nursery satellite. After that link is fully established, turn on the attic satellite and see what you get.