Netgear Orbi - Wired Sattelite

Hi, 

A see alot of comments that "Orbi is not marketed as a Ethernet Backhaul product" & "do your research before buying and don't expect ethernet backhaul". 

Well, from another point of view. 

Even though the wireless backhaul is good and works fine our living situation could change. You maybe move to another house, rebuild the one you currently have or do some other renovation. 

Now this is where the wired backhaul comes in. If I move to another house that's different to the one I currently have I maybe end up needing wired backhaul. Now that would be a total waste of money to buy another WiFi solution just for that. 

So even I you don't need wired backhaul today, maybe you will need it in the future and you don't want to spend another 500USD on another WiFi solution when you already have Orbi. 

but the orbi is what it is and you buy it for now not to future proof

i will be quite interested to see how long this thread goes as its been almost a year including beta testing and all that time ethernet has been requested without any acknowledgement of if or when it will ever be done

i acknowledge that it would be nice to have but i wouldnt be holding your breath

Ethernet connection between router & satellite is defintely needed. Looking forward for the day it is enabled.

+1 for wired backhaul. For such an expensive system and it is after all, one of the top units on the market, it should get a wired backhaul fix. For future proofing, just in case teh radios weaken or die, wired backhauling should be a no brainer.

First you need to see a need for it may be in the works under another model number how knows they have the interner port and lan ports on the base station but only lan ports on the satelitte on this serials. The next serials may have a backhaul and maybe some of the other features asked for. They could build the voice command right in to the router so only one device instead of two. Just have to look at new routers they are putting out now and you may get a idea of what is coming for the future Orbi.

+1 for a wired connection between Satelite and Router. I'm planning of replacing my current wifi network in my house. I already have a cat5e connection between first and 2nd floor. Wireless and heavy ferroconcrete are not a good combination...

if wired backhaul will be supported I will choose the Orbi system

Ethernet connection between router & satellite is defintely needed. Too often the internet connection is in the basement and you need to place the satilight on the third floor without having to sacrifice performance. This is almost the perfect solution if your internet connection is already on the third floor.

No doubt the Orbi hardware can handle it, just a matter of how high on the list in Netgear Engineering is this feature, it is gaining traction it seem there is a lot of people in the community mentioning and wishing for it.