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JJG1992
Oct 18, 2026Apprentice
It is a 10 Mbit/s half-duplex issue
It is a 10 Mbit/s half-duplex issue; I had the same problem with the tado internet bridge. The only way I could get it to work was to use a network switch instead of connecting directly to the RBE971...
FURRYe38
Oct 19, 2026Guru - Experienced User
I can confirm with Orb BE series systems, that ethernet ports no longer seem to support 10Mpbs connections. 100 and above seems to be support. I reported this to NG. Not sure if they will fix it. There spec sheets say 10Mpbs is supported on both RBR and RBS.
For now I've put a 1Gb non managed switch GS series in between the RBR and RBR were 10Mpbs is needed and works around this.
schumaku
Oct 19, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Both 100Mbps half- and full duplex? Checked against both 10 Mbps half- and 10 Mbps full-duplex? All these are often a hit-and-miss at best in automatic negotiation on such MultiGig and 10 Gig ports.