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ferozar's avatar
ferozar
Guide
Sep 21, 2022
Solved

Satellite doesn't connect behind switch

Hi!! I have rbk753. I want to connect the farthest satellite by ethernet backhaul behind a switch...I have outages and want to improve my connection. When I connect the satellite directly to the r...
  • ferozar's avatar
    ferozar
    Sep 23, 2022

    Fixed!!
    Add the solution:

    The main issue was having a computer connected on wired and wireless at the same time.
    This causes a loop inside my network. 

     

    My Switch when detecting a loop disables the port for admin mode so that backhaul is not functional, though the normal traffic was ok...

     

    Simply turn off the wifi on my computer then backhaul started to run correctly.

    Thanks all for your support

FURRYe38's avatar
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 21, 2022

I would say to make things easier, get you one of the suggested non managed switches. You can keep the other one connected of course, just don't connect the RBS behind that one. 

ferozar's avatar
ferozar
Guide
Sep 23, 2022

Fixed!!
Add the solution:

The main issue was having a computer connected on wired and wireless at the same time.
This causes a loop inside my network. 

 

My Switch when detecting a loop disables the port for admin mode so that backhaul is not functional, though the normal traffic was ok...

 

Simply turn off the wifi on my computer then backhaul started to run correctly.

Thanks all for your support