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Wired satellite not showing up on Attached Devices
I'm having this exact issue, and it's driving me insane. Just picked up a RBK963. Everything working great, but I need to put the router into AP mode. So I did that, and all was well (as long as I us...
Thanks so much for the reply!
My main Orbi is connected via the WAN port (LAN port just gives me permanent magenta and no internet) to an unmanaged 5-port switch which connects to the gigabit jack in the wall. That then goes upstairs to another unmanaged switch in my panel (bedroom closet), and that switch connects into my Edgerouter 4 (which has my fiber config). So basically it’s the fiber ONT which connects to the panel, which then connects to the Edgerouter ER-4 which connects to the 16 port unmanaged switch, and then all the rooms are connected from that switch.
The other Orbis are connected the same way. In rooms connected to a small unmanaged switch (5 ports I believe) and then back to that panel in my closet.
Hopefully that makes sense.
PS There are double runs of Ethernet to each room from the panel. I’ve only wired up one end in each room but I can do two. Just an fyi…
My main Orbi is connected via the WAN port (LAN port just gives me permanent magenta and no internet) to an unmanaged 5-port switch which connects to the gigabit jack in the wall. That then goes upstairs to another unmanaged switch in my panel (bedroom closet), and that switch connects into my Edgerouter 4 (which has my fiber config). So basically it’s the fiber ONT which connects to the panel, which then connects to the Edgerouter ER-4 which connects to the 16 port unmanaged switch, and then all the rooms are connected from that switch.
The other Orbis are connected the same way. In rooms connected to a small unmanaged switch (5 ports I believe) and then back to that panel in my closet.
Hopefully that makes sense.
PS There are double runs of Ethernet to each room from the panel. I’ve only wired up one end in each room but I can do two. Just an fyi…
You are SO LUCKY. (two Ethernet cables from the patch panel to each room.)
The correct connection sequence is:
Fiber ONT to Edgerouter. (if they are co-located, then no patch panel)
Edgerouter to Orbi WAN port using one Ethernet cable.
Orbi LAN port using the other Ethernet cable back to 16 port switch.
Connect everything else to the 16 port switch.
The key is that the link between Edgerouter and Orbi WAN port must not go through the switch.
Thank you for the reply. Will that give me wired backhaul with all Orbi satellites and visible in the app etc?
Let me refresh the question, actually.
You say, "The key is that the link between Edgerouter and Orbi WAN port must not go through the switch."
Does that mean this is important only for the main Orbi, or is that true for both the satellites, too?
That page really isn't helpful, unfortunately. If I connect my main RBR to the LAN port, I get no Internet at all in AP mode (magenta light and no access to the outside world). It has to be connected to the WAN port.
