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970 Wired Backhaul Issue
have a new 970 series Orbi with two satellites... The firmware is V9.12.3.3_1.2.20 on router and on satellites. I am using the 970 in Access Point mode because I have a network appliance running...
Try the RBS ethernet connected directly to the back of the RBR. Don't connect to the switch to test this.
AP mode has a Dynamic or Static IP address configuration. What wondering what you set the RBR to for the AP mode configuration.
I presume you mean IP address reservation on the host router? Static IP address configuration is set ON devices, not on the host router.
Correct.
As seen here:
https://kb.netgear.com/000051205/What-is-Ethernet-backhaul-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System 📡 ‌‌🛰️That looks line a managed switch vs a non managed switch...if it is, then there will be problems.
Does that switch have a user accessible web page by chance?
One RBS is wireless backhaul and the other is wired backhaul through the unmanaged switch.
Regarding AP Mode, it only is AP Mode, there is no other settings that I see. Please let me know if I am missing something here. The Router and satellites are on static IPs.
As I mentioned, when in wireless mode it appears to work fine, but plug in the ethernet cable for wired backhaul and it drops off - and does not come back.
The 2.5 gig unmanaged switch is from Amazon:
24 Port 2.5G PoE Switch Unmanaged with 24 Port 2.5Gb Base-T PoE+@400W + 2 x 10G SFP+ Uplink, NICGIGA 26 Port 2.5Gbe IEEE802.3af/at Power Over Ethernet Switch, Support WiFi6 AP, NAS, 4K PoE Camera NVR.
More details at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5L7DG8J?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Try the RBS ethernet connected directly to the back of the RBR. Don't connect to the switch to test this.
AP mode has a Dynamic or Static IP address configuration. What wondering what you set the RBR to for the AP mode configuration.
I presume you mean IP address reservation on the host router? Static IP address configuration is set ON devices, not on the host router.
Correct.
As seen here:
https://kb.netgear.com/000051205/What-is-Ethernet-backhaul-and-how-do-I-set-it-up-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System 📡 ‌‌🛰️
That looks line a managed switch vs a non managed switch...if it is, then there will be problems.
Does that switch have a user accessible web page by chance?
This is the solution. The wired backhaul works immediately when plugged into the back of the RBE970.
Thanks to you all for your advice.
So that points to cabling or lan switch configuration issue.
Enjoy.
Set my new RBE973 up today -- darn near flawless.
Here is an interesting minor glitch in the App I experienced during setup.
My previous SSID was "Daily Planet" - so I wanted to reuse that so I wouldnt have to reassociate dozens of devices.
Within the App, when it came time to name the network (the SSID), the app would not allow spaces... so I ran it together knowing that later I would try and edit it on my PC's configuration screen. Sure enough, the web configuration allowed spaces, but the App did not.
Other than that, a flawless and rediculously simple setup.
I will also say the coverage from the router and satellites is impressively larger than that of the RBR/RBS 850s. I used to use three satellites, now I get excellent coverage with only two in the exact same locations.
I was wondering if I could have backed up my configuration on the 850 and used that CFG file to restore to the 970, (but I didnt try it!) This would have made carrying forward port forwarding, DNS entries, etc. really simple in the upgrade process.