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Wireless signal on a hard wired Orbi satellite
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 ...
Yes the 5Ghz AX backhaul is still being broadcast. It can't be disabled.
So the connection rate on the wireless backhaul of the AX series is 2400Mpbs while the wired back haul is 1000Mbps. So you can see there is a difference. This is just a connection rate between the RBS and RBR only.
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
It still broadcasts both the 2.4 and 5G signals while wired, correct?
Magician1979 wrote:It still broadcasts both the 2.4 and 5G signals while wired, correct?
Yes, both the 2.4G and 5G "user facing" channels continue to be active. And, the 5G "backhaul" channel continues to be active, although sending only "management frames" rather than data.
