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RBS850 Incorrectly Connects Powerline Adapter as a Backhaul on Power Failure
I have an RBR850 and multiple RBS850 satelites. One of my satelites has a TP-Link Powerline WiFi Extender plugged into the Ethernet port. This works to use Ethernet over Power Line to get a network...
I would think that if the TP-Link does not perform DHCP, that it would send the device broadcasts "up the network" until the Orbi DHCP server responded. I do not know how long devices keep asking for DHCP when they do not get a response. (hmmm one more thing to research).
Closing this out. It does indeed seem that the Power Line Adapter was seen as a "wired backhaul" and I was not able to configure my way out of it. I put a time delay relay on it, set for 6 minutes, and the Satellite now correctly connects to the wireless backhaul before the Power Line Adapter comes up.
All is well, just a few more bucks. 🙂