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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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Please do it!
With patchy service from my Orbi satellite which is in the same room as I am sitting typing this, I'm currently waiting for the cable guy to rock up and put a hardline to this study - which was the exact thing I was trying to avoid. This way at least my desktop will get a solid connection.
+1 for adding ethernet backhaul as a feature, that way I won't need to bin my Orbi network and switch to a mesh system that supports it.
Netgear - please add the functionality!!
NETGEAR, I have spent alot of money with the orbi system, if this feature does not become part of the netgear orbi system... I may put my orbi system aside and find something more capable....
- Recently bought the orbi. Assumed wired backhaul was a feature since most competitors use it. Really hope that it comes to be. Can see that we haven't heard any news on this in awhile.
I think it is only a matter of time before we get some movement on this.
We have had at least 2 referances from Netgear on other posts, and most recently a possible leak to TechHive.
If we all think positive and keep pushing - it may just happen.
- Thanks Bing-Stroller for the referentie to techhive.
"Netgear tells me they’re planning to release a firmware update in the August/September time frame that will enable its Orbi satellites to use wired ethernet for backhaul"
http://www.techhive.com/article/3208225/network-router/netgear-orbi-rbk30-wifi-system-review-its-not-bad-but-its-not-great.html i can pretty much assure you it wont be that soon and i can assure you no one at netgear would have officially stated August/September , any NDA between the writer and netgear would have prevented this so i think there maybe some creative licence going on
Our ranch style, rectangle house would benefit tremendously from Ethernet backhaul to maximize our gigabit fiber connection. Please consider implementing this feature soon. While I've tried moving my devices around, I have yet to have a full day of flawless coverage from the Orbi. Most days my iPhone 7 shows a connection to the network and warns I don't have an internet connection.
We need wired ethernet for backhaul!!! Please!
greetings from Germany
