Wired backhaul for satellite not working but wireless backhaul does

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tom7312 wrote:

Currently I am running my network as such:

Fiber comes into house in little white box and CAT5 goes to Internet company Zyzel router/modem vmg4381-b10a (which I cant find firmware online for it)  The wifi is turned off of their modem

I have a wire going from the modem to a dumb switch with POE

I have a wire going from the modem to the ORBI

From the first switch I have wires going to each room and POE security cameras

In the living room I have the wire from the first switch to another switch, which connects various things

In the living room is where one orbi sat is. 

The satellite needs to be wired to the Orbi's network, so downstream from one of its LAN ports.  What you've described is that you have devices, including the Orbi and its satellite, connected to your Zyxel's network.

I think it would be best if you change things so that everything connects to your Orbi's LAN network, including the dumb switch and your security camera and everything else.  The only thing connected to the Zyxel/modem should be the Orbi.  Have you tried just moving the wire that's currently from the modem to the dumb switch, to instead be from the Orbi LAN port to the dumb switch?  It sounds that would switch everything in your house from the Zyxel network to the Orbi network, which is what you want.  Note that all the IP addresses of your devices will change to the Orbi network, so your cameras will all have new IP addresses.