Wireless signal on a hard wired Orbi satellite

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Magician1979 wrote:

Do the Orbi satellites still produce a wireless signal if you hardwire them to your Orbi router? Currently using the RBK853 with two satellites. If it does produce a wireless signal while hard wired to the router, will it produce a stronger wireless signal and increase speeds? Hope that makes sense

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The original Orbi satellites continue to broadcast their 5G WiFi "backhaul" channel even when they are connected with ethernet. If the ethernet connection disappears, the WiFi backhaul is "waiting and ready" to be used.  There have been a number of posts from people wanting to eliminate the 5G WiFi backhaul in order to make the channel available for other use, and no one has come up with a method to do so.

It would seem reasonable to assume that the new Orbi system follows the same design.  Perhaps someone who has one of the new AX Orbi system has set up ethernet backhaul and can comment on whether the 5G backhaul signal remains.  The question could be posted in the community forum set up for the AX products:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/bd-p/en-home-orbi-ax