Making the most of multi-gig Internet with RBK853

[BuziosBR]

Hi - looking for some help to make the most of both my internet plan (Cox 2 Gigs) and my Orbi (RBK853) setup.

Please see attachments for my current setup and a proposed new setup that I'm considering. Would my proposed new setup work? Any other ideas on how to get multi-gig speeds to at least some of my wired devices?

Thanks!

[FURRYe38]

With the 850 series, you'll only see higher speeds over 1Gb over the WiFi (AX) from the 2.5Gb WAN port. The LAN ports on the RBR are limited to 1Gb only. So you'll not see much over 900Mpbs from these ports. 

[BuziosBR]

Thanks. On my proposed setup, will it work to have a switch pre-router so that I can distribute multi-gig internet to a group of devices outside of the Orbi network, and then a post-router switch that I will use to connect the satellites via a wired backhaul (as I have on the second diagram)? Or will that create network issues?

[FURRYe38]

I believe the D-Link switch is just a switch, and the modem your using is just a modem only, thus you need a router in between the Modem and any connecting devices to get internet services. The switch can't route to different devices that required an IP address which you need NAT here, where the router comes in. So if you have 2.5Gb ISP speeds, you'll need a router between the modem and switch that can pass this 2.5Gb service from the WAN side to the LAN side, which the 850 series and can not do. You'll need a router that supports 2.5Gb speeds both on WAN and LAN side to pass all this thru. I.e. RBR960 series has this support on WAN and LAN side.