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Wired backhaul worth it for an AX6000 system?
*Sigh* ... I really have an RBK853 (AX6000) system, even though that's not an option in the forums even now. I'm thinking of wiring my house for ethernet and I've secured all the cable and equipm...
I'm getting about 680-720/41.2-41.6 mbps through a LAN cable from my office satallite to my iMac 5K, but about 941/39.5 directly out of the main router (now that Speedtest is working again).
The office iMac to the Synology downstairs is a pretty consistent 60-66 MB/sec which ethernet should improve to a little less than a gigabyte.
If you use ethernet backhaul, does the Orbi free up the backhaul radios for other devices?
I'm thinking of putting a 2 10gb / 8 1gb unmanaged switch in the utility room with a 10 gb and 1 gb going to the Synology and Orbi router in the family room, a 10 gb and 1gb going up to my office for the iMac and Orbi satellite, a 1gb going up to my wife's office, and 1 gb going up to the living room for the Living Room satellite. That'll get spread by switch to the various living room devices and daisy chained to the dining room where my wife has a computer and we have another iMac 5K. The Living Room to Dining Room feed will have to go up in the attic with drops down two walls, an interior and an exterior.
Can you run the backhaul through a switch, or does each router <-> satellite connection require it's own (topologically speaking) wire? If that's the case, that would mean two additional 1 gb runs from the router to each of the satellites in the Living Room and Office.
VerneArase wrote:
If you use ethernet backhaul, does the Orbi free up the backhaul radios for other devices?
The wireless backhaul can not be used by devices even with wired backhaul in place as that is dedicated to wireless backhaul only.
Another thing I would say is to wire as many devices as you can to either the RBR850 or RBS850 simply to reduce as much radio chatter in your household as possible. Downstairs our TV, Xbox, Sky Q and a SONOS Soundbar are wired to the RBR850. That way only mobile devices (tablets, phones, etc.) are using wireless.
I did a quick test like I said I would. The computer I ran speedtest on is usually directly wired to a switch that goes to the orbi and then to the WAN. The first result of 928 Mbps is that setup from a month ago. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th results in the 600s are with that computer wired into the BRS850 satellite port with the satellite using wireless backhaul. The final result of 950 Mbps is with the satellite using wired backhaul, which is clearly better for my installation.
Thanks for posting your results. Good to see that is working well for you.
Enjoy,. :smileywink:
bullm00n wrote:I did a quick test like I said I would. The computer I ran speedtest on is usually directly wired to a switch that goes to the orbi and then to the WAN. The first result of 928 Mbps is that setup from a month ago. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th results in the 600s are with that computer wired into the BRS850 satellite port with the satellite using wireless backhaul. The final result of 950 Mbps is with the satellite using wired backhaul, which is clearly better for my installation.
Looks great and if you can run a wired back haul then great but if not then consider why you'd need more than the 650Mbps other than for the fastest downloads. As I mentioned a 4K stream is only about 50Mbps. In my experience Xbox servers max out at about 100Mbps for downloads even on our Xbox directly wired to the router.
Good luck with the cable pulls if you decide to go ahead.
My xbox gets over 200 and 300Mpbs when doing updates and downloads. Mines wired to the RBR.
