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RBS and RBR 750 wired backhaul
I have an RBS750 connected to a netgear switch via a wired connection I also have a RBR750 connected to that same switch, again via a wired connection ( The RBR750 is not acting as a router, ju...
What is the brand and model# of this switch?
Be sure the switch is connected behind the RBR:
https://kb.netgear.com/000051205/What-is-Ethernet-backhaul-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System 📡 ‌‌🛰️
While in AP mode, be sure to connect the RBR to the host router using the WAN port on the RBR. This is required for AP mode. Then Switch connected to one of the LAN ports behind the RBR.
My setup is as per the third diagram in that link - with the router also connected to the switch.
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When you say:
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be sure to connect the RBR to the host router using the WAN port on the RBR. This is required for AP mode. Then Switch connected to one of the LAN ports behind the RBR.
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Maybe that is the problem then. As it stands, the RBR WAN port is disconnected
The RBR LAN port is connected to a GS116LP switch
The RBS LAN port is connected to the same switch
The Router (openWRT) is also connected to that same switch
The above worked fine when the RBS was not wired - and the RBR saw it as a satellite
Now that it is wired, it works at one level - things can connect to it fine....it's just that the RBR doesn't think it has any sats - so maybe it is working more as a "dumb AP" than a mesh network
go:
openwrt router---->orbi RBR wan port---->lan port out to switch------>switch------>satellites.
when hardwired, the satellite has to be wired into the rbr's lan port and the RBR needs to be connected to the primary router via wan port.
Yes, not using the WAN port will cause problems. Set up the configuration as suggested...should work for you.
Let us know how it goes. There maybe something on the switch that may need configuration since that is a managed switch. Hopefully you won't.
dbrb2 wrote:
My setup is as per the third diagram in that link - with the router also connected to the switch.
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When you say:
"
be sure to connect the RBR to the host router using the WAN port on the RBR. This is required for AP mode. Then Switch connected to one of the LAN ports behind the RBR.
"
Maybe that is the problem then. As it stands, the RBR WAN port is disconnected
The RBR LAN port is connected to a GS116LP switch
The RBS LAN port is connected to the same switch
The Router (openWRT) is also connected to that same switch
The above worked fine when the RBS was not wired - and the RBR saw it as a satellite
Now that it is wired, it works at one level - things can connect to it fine....it's just that the RBR doesn't think it has any sats - so maybe it is working more as a "dumb AP" than a mesh network
Thanks
It turns out I don't have enough copper laid under the floor to run the router through the RBR750 WAN port as well as connect the LAN port to the switch
However, as a check I removed the wired connection from the RBS750
Within a minute or so the RBR750 detected it as a satellite - and all continued to work
So I guess the question becomes:
Is it better to have the RBS on a wired connection, apparently working fine, but with the RBR unaware of it, OR have the RBS on a wireless only connection, and have the RBR aware of it.
It feels like the advantage to the second option is nice handover between base stations
The advantage to the first option is better connection from the RBS to the wired network
So it is probably a "suck it and see"...
