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Other mesh networks such as Eero and soon Luma support hard wiring your sattelites. I think its extremely important Netgear Orbi does the same. Especially for those of us who can.
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Yeah, well I can almost guarantee they will put the ethernet backhaul on a new model and make you buy it for that feature. I wouldn't be surprised if it cost us another $400 to get this from Netgear.
I would definitely vote for a wired backhaul. The wireless is basically quite weak when the house is made of layers of thick bricks in between. My home cant even get past the second floor for the satellite to connect properly and the speed to download youtube video is weak. Gave up on using it and returned back to my old solution of two different routers wired via CAT 5E.
Its a wasteful resource whereby the backhaul can be used for devices communication rather than dedicated for own communication.
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Received survey email from Netgear about Orbi and wired backhaul feature desirability was one of the survey items so atleast Netgear are considering to possibly include this in the future hopefully via Firmware.
Hope so and looking forward for the wired backhaul. Hope they can also do something to increase the speed for 2.4 and 5 GHz too.
I gave up :-(
Went back with my Orbi and ordered the Velop.
They support the wired backhaul and are very close in performance.
:-(I was looking into velocity and some others with wired backhaul but Orbi Satellite has 4 ports so it eliminates need for a switch for me.
- The 4 ports was what attracted me too, I'd rather not have a switch in my living room....or some ugly ap device as suggested by some
Yes the Orbi does have a place in some homes just as the nighthawk works better in others too tell the true there is no one magic design to any network design due the homes we live in. Some homes are new and others are very old each with their own way of handling a wifi radio signal and what is needed to run a lan cable if needed all play in a design of a network.
- Ethernet backhaul is desperately needed. I spent $600 assuming it was an option, now I have to sell it all because the master is too far away. I really hope it can be fixed someday. The online firmware updates and management is great. Without a wired backhaul, it's a no go for me. Copper is fast - it's physics. Completely shocked at no support for this
